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I have a cache which has soft references to the cached objects. I am trying to write a functional test for behavior of classes which use the cache specifically for what happens when the cached objects are cleared. The problem is: I can't seem to reliably get the soft references to be cleared. Simply using up a bunch of memory doesn't do the trick: I get an OutOfMemory before any soft references are cleared. Is there any way to get Java to more eagerly clear up the soft references? Found here : "It is guaranteed though that all SoftReferences will get cleared before OutOfMemoryError is thrown, so they theoretically can't cause an OOME." So does this mean that the above scenario MUST mean I have a memory leak somewhere with some class holding a hard reference on my cached object?
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