Dead code in Java/Android

Question

is there a way to tell the compiler in Java or Android to not remove some statements in code -which are intended to clean up variables after use to prevent any data remnant in ram-?? would creating a dummy method solve this issue??

these statements basically set the variables to their type-based initial values..

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The code that you describe is not dead code. Dead code is code that will never execute. Here is an example:

private int secretSchmarr;

public boolean blammo()
{
    boolean returnValue;

    secretSchmarr = calculateSecretValue();

    returnValue = useSecretValue(secretSchmarr);

    secretSchmarr = 99; // this is not dead code.

    return returnValue;

    secretSchmarr = 98; // This is dead code because it can never execute.
}