Patent attributes
Embodiments are directed towards managing memory for an application be executing in a managed runtime environment. Managed peer objects may be generated to correspond to native objects executing in a native runtime environment such that memory may be allocated for managed peer objects. Garbage collection handles may be generated and associated with the managed peer objects. If the managed application executes instructions that interact with the managed peer objects and the native runtime environment each garbage collection handle associated with the managed peer objects may be modified based on a type of an interaction. The garbage collection handlers may be garbage collection roots for a garbage collector that may be included in the managed runtime memory manager. If a garbage collection event occurs, memory for the managed peer objects may be deallocated based in part on its correspondent garbage collection handle.
