[5597] in java-interest
Finalize Broken?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Afergan)
Mon Feb 19 02:06:58 1996
From: mikea@ai.mit.edu (Mike Afergan)
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 17:04:08 GMT
Is the finalize method in java.lang.Object operationable? I haven't
seen too much discussion of it, but it is still a valuable tool.
For example, with the following code:
public class tryer {
public void testme() {
System.out.println("Here we go...");
}
protected void finalize() {
System.out.println("Good bye!!!");
}
}
public class gb3 {
public static void main(String argv[]) {
System.out.println("1");
testing();
System.out.println("2");
testing();
System.out.println("3");
}
static void testing() {
tryer examp;
examp = new tryer();
examp.testme();
}
}
Everytime the testing() method is run, a new tryer object is created.
Therefore, when the method is done, it should be collected - thereby
executing the finalize() method.
Thus, I would expect to get the following output:
C:\dev>c:\jdk2\java\bin\java gb3
1
Here we go...
Good Bye!!!
2
Here we go...
Good Bye!!!
3
However, I get:
C:\dev>c:\jdk2\java\bin\java gb3
1
Here we go...
2
Here we go...
3
This seems to indicate that the finalize() method is not working
properly. Am I doing something wrong, or is something out of broken
along the way?
Thanks,
-- Mike
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