Methods and garbage collection

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Published on 2009-11-02T21:19:16Z Indexed on 2010/03/15 23:39 UTC
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I encountered this question in an interview:

Is an object created inside of a method eligible for garbage collection after the method is finished?

Is yes the correct answer?

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