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Thanks Ross.

I probably need to be more precise with my questions, so they can't be
confused.

I am aware of the finalize method, but, unfortunately, haven't seen it work.

If I have a simple class like:

    class    class1
    {
        protected void    finalize ()
        {
            System.out.println ("finalize called");
        }
    }

and I instantiate an instance of this class in a simple command line app
like:

    class app
    {
        static void main (String args[])
        {
            class1 c = new class1 ();
        }
    }

then when that app runs I would expect the "finalize called" message to be
displayed, but it doesn't happen.

Maybe my JVM is broken ?

"Ross Vumbaca" <rossv@au.net.fl> wrote in message
news:39E708EC.4C33B23D@au.net.fl...
> Hi,
>
> DavidL wrote:
>
> > But what if I have a class something like:
>
> <Snip>
>
> People keep confusing your request with garbage collection, which Java
> does. There is a "finalize" method for Java objects, which is run when
> an object is trashed. Can't help much else though ;). The other post
> with the javadocs link will help you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ross..
>
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