Ethan Nicholas's Blog: Understanding Weak ReferencesUnderstanding Weak References Posted by enicholas on May 04, 2006 at 05:06 PM | Comments (9) Some time ago I was interviewing candidates for a Senior Java Engineer position. Among the many questions I asked was "What can you tell me about weak references?" I wasn't expecting a detailed technical treatise on the subject. I would probably have been satisfied with "Umm... don't they have something to
