Accelerated reference finding for an automatic garbage collection

摘要

The method involves searching in respective classes and/or packages for class references and/or package references to the next highest ranking classes and searching only in such next highest ranking classes and/or packages for references (that again have direct and class references) for which a class reference and/or package reference has been found. Independent claims are also included for (A) a memory arrangement for a data medium (B) and a data medium, especially a chip card, with an electronic circuit containing an inventive memory device.