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When is the finalize() method called in Java?

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 an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. As Joachim pointed out, this may never happen in the life … Read more

Is there a destructor for Java?

Because Java is a garbage collected language you cannot predict when (or even if) an object will be destroyed. Hence there is no direct equivalent of a destructor. There is an inherited method called finalize, but this is called entirely at the discretion of the garbage collector. So for classes that need to explicitly tidy up, … Read more