The Thread instance life-cycle

Question

Hi, I am puzzled about the Thread instace life-cycle in my code:
public class LinkPool{
    public void initial(int size)
        while(...)
             Thread link = new Thread(runnableImp);
             link.start();
             linkVector.add(runnableImp);
}when out of the method initial(), who hold the Thread instance reference? If there is no, will the GC terminate the instance?

Answer 1

The VM holds it. You don't have to hold onto it. It won't be GCed before it's done executing.