Do Java interfaces have automatic reference counting?

I'm actually a Delphi developer trying to understand interfaces and I'm curious about the way Java implements them.
Here is a simple Delphi psuedo-code snippet:
var
// interface variable
Intf : IInterface;
// object reference variable
Car : TCar;
begin
// instantiate TCar
Car := TCar.Create;
// obtain IInterface interface for Car object
Intf := Car; // the reference count for Car is now 1
Intf :=Nil;
// After setting Intf to nil, the reference count is decreased to 0 and Car is automatically freed.
Car.Free; // EXCEPTION! Car was automatically freed because the only interface reference had a reference count of 0
What would happen in Java with the above code?
Does Java automatically reference count all objects with interfaces?
I know Java reference counts all objects in general so they are automatically destroyed, but I'm trying to understand the difference in interface implementation.
Thanks for any help!

Thanks for the replies!
Sorry about my confusion with Java...
Does Java support interfaces? If so, can't you have a interface reference variable like I have in my Delphi code?
Also, if Java does support interfaces, do they have any other purposes aside from creating a list of functions/methods that can be used as a contract to interact with an object?
Interfaces seem really useful since you can have an IDriveable interface (for example), and any unrelated classes can implement it... (eg. TBoat class, TCar class, etc) even if the classes do not have a common ancestor class.
However, in Delphi interfaces also automatically reference count so once you create an interface reference you have to be very careful so the interface doesn't automatically free the object it is pointing to...

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