sivakumar_govin

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• Aug 20th, 2007

 

Using finalize() method in java is not a recommended solution to release the system resources used by an object. 

The finalize() method will be called before deleting an object. An object in java will be deleted only by a garbage collector. The execution of garbage collector depends upon the JVM implementation. It is not guaranteed that when a garbage collector will be invoked and so its not a good idea to rely on this method.

Instead of this method using finally block to free these resources is more reliable. Because a finally block always gets executed.