public void myFunction() {
    myObject object = new myObject();
    object.doSomething();
}

{
   final List myTooBigList = new ArrayList();
   ... overfill the list
}
somethingRunOutOfMemory();

{
   final List myTooBigList = new ArrayList();
   ... overfill the list
}
Object fake = null;
somethingDoesNotRunOutOfMemory();

try { } catch : after exit by catch because catch reuses stack
for { } : after exit loop condition  because evaluation reuses stack
while { }: after exit loop condition because evaluation reuses stack
{ } followed by any local declaration that reuses stack

try { } finally
try { } catch : after nothing caught
for { } : after break
while { } : after break
do { } while : after loop condition
if { }
{ } not followed by a local declaration

{
   final List myTooBigList = new ArrayList();
   ... overfill the list
}
Object fake = null;
somethingDoesntRunOutOfMemory();

final WeakReference gctest;
{
   final List myTooBigList = new ArrayList();
   gctest = new WeakReference(myTooBigList);
   ... overfill the list
}
Object fake = null;
System.gc();
assert gctest.get() == null;