To attempt to answer my own question about marking objects for deletion, it seems like there aren&#x27;t a lot of options besides making sure there aren&#x27;t outstanding references to the dead object:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;11332239&#x2F;is-it-possible-to-mark-java-objects-non-collectable-from-gc-perspective-to-save" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;11332239&#x2F;is-it-possible-t...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;5331422&#x2F;marking-an-object-to-be-removed-in-the-gc" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackoverflow.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;5331422&#x2F;marking-an-object...</a>