Is Minor GC also performed on Survivor spaces along with Eden space?

Question

I understand that minor GC is performed in Eden space in Young generation. The objects which survive GC, move to Survivor space (From). Once, (From) is out of space the objects move to Survivor space (To). Is Minor GC also performed on Survivor spaces ?

Answer 1

Survivor space is part of young generation, and hence a minor gc will be performed on the survivor spaces. If an object survives a number of minor gc, then it will be moved to the old generation.

for more details: http://www.cubrid.org/blog/dev-platform/understanding-java-garbage-collection/