Here is a pretty comprehensive article on the java garbage collector: https://plumbr.eu/handbook/garbage-collection-in-java https://plumbr.eu/handbook/garbage-c

Here is a pretty comprehensive article on the java garbage collector: https://plumbr.eu/handbook/garbage-collection-in-java https://plumbr.eu/handbook/garbage-collection-in-java that has helped me a lot. It touches the basic aspects of garbage collecting, and dives into the different kinds of GC available for java at this time.