I need to know when the finalize() method is called in the JVM. I created a test class which writes into a file when the finalize() method is called...
I’ve been reading through a lot of the rookie Java questions on finalize() and find it kind of bewildering that no one has really made it plain that finalize()...
Is there a destructor for Java? I don’t seem to be able to find any documentation on this. If there isn’t, how can I achieve the same effect? To...
In general it’s best not to rely on finalize() to do any cleaning up etc. According to the Javadoc (which it would be worth reading), it is: Called by the garbage collector on...