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8225667: Clarify the behavior of System::gc w.r.t. reference processing

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Reviewed-by: rriggs, kbarrett, tschatzl
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Mandy Chung 2021-07-06 14:59:42 +00:00
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@ -655,6 +655,10 @@ public class Runtime {
* There is no guarantee that this effort will recycle any particular
* number of unused objects, reclaim any particular amount of space, or
* complete at any particular time, if at all, before the method returns or ever.
* There is also no guarantee that this effort will determine
* the change of reachability in any particular number of objects,
* or that any particular number of {@link java.lang.ref.Reference Reference}
* objects will be cleared and enqueued.
* <p>
* The name {@code gc} stands for "garbage
* collector". The Java Virtual Machine performs this recycling