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# Destroying IDL-Java Objects

The OBJ_DESTROY routine is used to destroy instances of IDLjavaObject. When OBJ_DESTROY is called with a Java-based object as an argument, IDL releases the underlying Java object and frees IDL resources relating to that object.

Note: Destruction of the IDL object does not automatically cause the destruction of the underlying Java object. Because Java utilizes a garbage collection mechanism to release any information allocated for a particular object, the resources utilized by the underlying Java object will persist until the Java virtual machine’s garbage collector runs.