# Garbage collection

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collection/276045>\
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**Created:** [November 21, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collection/276045 "2008-11-21T17:34:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![DashMasterful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@DashMasterful](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DashMasterful)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/garbage-collection/276045/1 "2008-11-21T17:34:54Z")

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SoundHolder.playSound(Object(root).meterAlert,0,0,new SoundTransform(.1));

does ‘new SoundTransform()’ automatically get garbage collected since I’m not pointing anything to it or does it stay in memory