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> I agree Stephen.
>
> But shouldn't the garbage collector cleanup when the application is
> completed ?
>
> I thought that when the app is completed, the garbage collector would
clean
> up the the instantiated class1, hence calling the finalize method.
>
> If that isn't the case, how do you arrange for an instantiated class to
> close ports it has opend etc, when the application is completed ?
>
> This is puzzling !

Take a look at the JavaDocs for;
System.runFinalizersOnExit(boolean);

And
Object.finalize();


But, keep in mind that most of the time you'll find that you won't/shouldn't
need to do any finalization at all (its more of a C++ thing)...

To quote "Java 2 Performance and Idiom Guide";
For many resources (threads, files, sockets and so on) it will be usually be
completely obvious when they can be released or closed. The finalize method,
on the other hand, should be used as a last-ditch cleanup effort for
de-registration.

-Benjamin Johnston
s355171@student.uq.edu.au