If anyone could shed some light, I'd appreciate it.

I have a simple class with a main method.  Inside the main method is a
loop.  Each iteration of that loop instantiates an anonymous thread
whose run method contains a single line:

String str = String.valueOf(1);

This is causing a memory leak.  If I change the line to read "String
str = "String.valueOf("1"); there is no problem.  Also, if I do
something like: String str = "Hello world!"; there is also no problem.

If I use String.valueOf(1); inside the loop but outside of the thread,
there is no problem.  Can anyone see why garbage collection is not
occurring inside the thread?

Thanks.

--Bradley

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
         Thread thread = null;
         for ( int intLoop = 0; intLoop < 10000; intLoop++ ) {
              String myString;
              myString = String.valueOf(1);
              thread = new Thread() {
                   public void run() {
                        String str = String.valueOf(1);
                   }
              };
              thread.start();
              thread=null;
              System.gc();
         }
    }
}