What is the function declaration for the Java finalize method?

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I've been searching code for the finalize for nearly 1 mon. Can u pls help me for the code. Thanks in advance.

I'm voting to close your question because it isn't posed clearly enough to garner any answers. Please edit your question and elaborate on what you're looking for. — Mark Elliot, Jul 07 '10 at 01:24
I'm voting to reopen this question because I searched for the code contained in both answers on the site, and this question was the first result. I recreated the subject line to match what the answers clearly felt was the question. Also, +1. — Erick Robertson, Mar 27 '11 at 11:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 01:26

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protected void finalize() throws Throwable
{
    try
    {
        //close unmanaged resources
    } finally {
        super.finalize();
    }
}

Note that outside of unmanaged resources, you shouldn't ever be doing this..

answered Jul 07 '10 at 01:26

+1 I'm currently doing this because I want to see in my log verification that a certain class is being cleaned up. I suppose that's "outside of unmanaged resources", but I find that phrase a bit obfuscated. Maybe it's the hidden double negative. Maybe it's that I would never use anything big enough to be tarred with the epithet "Resource Management". – Erick Robertson Mar 27 '11 at 12:07

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 01:26

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protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
    try {
        close();        // close open files
    } finally {
        super.finalize();
    }
}

You call super.finalize() in the finally block.

answered Jul 07 '10 at 01:26

zengr

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Looks like we both googled the same link - find it hard to believe that a month's worth of googling wouldn't start with [this](http://www.google.com/search?q=java+finalize) – BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft Jul 07 '10 at 01:28
My first search brought me right here. I remembered the proper declaration for this method throwing something, and wanted to see it. Of course, I did my first search on SO. – Erick Robertson Mar 27 '11 at 12:02

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