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| Ans. Garbage Collector wont remove a strong reference. A soft reference will only get removed if memory is low. A weak reference will get removed on the next garbage collection cycle. A phantom reference will be finalized but the memory will not be reclaimed. Can be useful when you want to be notified that an object is about to be collected. | ||||
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