Very strange.
I tried to run your code and it worked fine with java (it displayed 'finelize'),
but it didn't work with jre (it finished without displaying anything).
I use the same jdk on Linux 5.1, kernel 2.0.34.
Catalin CLIMOV.
John Summerfield wrote:
> I have this code:
> public class F
> {
> protected void finalize() throws Throwable
> {
> System.out.println("finalize");
> super.finalize();
> }
> public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable
> {
> F f = new F();
> System.runFinalizersOnExit(true);
> Runtime.getRuntime().runFinalizersOnExit(true);
> f = null;
> System.gc();
> }
> }
>
> My documentation leads me to expect that finalize() will be run and produce
> this output:
>
> finalize
>
> However, it produces no output.
>
> [summer@possum summer]$ java -fullversion
> java full version "Linux_JDK_1.1.7_v1a_green_threads"
>
> I'm running RedHat Linux 5.0, kernel 2.0.36:
> [summer@possum summer]$ uname -a
> Linux possum.os2.ami.com.au 2.0.36 #4 Wed Dec 30 20:13:06 WST 1998 i686 unknown
>
> --
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
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