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Hi Grzegorz,

Thanks for replying. I have ran your code and I'm not getting the "finalize
called" message at all.
Is this because of the JDK 1.1.2 or is it something that I have done wrong?

Binh. "jetball@usa.net"


Grzegorz Sliwinski wrote:

> If there are no more other references to any of these two objects (only
> circular), both of them get garbage collected.
> Try this:
> class Test1 {
>   Test1 ref;
>   protected void finalize() throws java.lang.Throwable{
>     System.out.println("finalize called for: "+this+"->"+ref);
>     super.finalize();
>   }
> }
> class Test2 {
>   static public void main(String[] args) {
>     Test1 t1 = new Test1();
>     t1.ref = new Test1();
>     t1.ref.ref = t1;
>     t1 = null;
>     System.gc();
>   }
> }
> Grzegorz Sliwinski
>
> jetball@usa.net wrote in message <348CF489.EC3AAD1@usa.net>...
> >My question is if I create two objects and have a circular reference to
> >them both. Will these two objects ever be destroyed by the garbage
> >collector?