Can an object remove itself? How?

Question

I\'m trying to write a simple ball game, and there\'s several turns (ie., ball lives). The ball \"dies\" when it passes the bottom border of the screen. What I have so far w

Answer 1

No, objects cannot suicide. Any reference of itself is just a reference.

To "clear" the object within itself one would just clear all instance variables.

To "clear" the object outside itself one would set the variable equal to null.