> I've put in checks in our code to check is things are getting finalized... It does
> happen (eventually)
>
> To force cleanups, I rely on the following:
>
> 1. add a void kill() in all heavy classes. make it delete files, close
> sockets... etc.
I would use the word "dispose()" for this -- kill is a transitive verb
and implies that this object is killing some other object.
> 2. In void finalize() I make all references point to null
Do you have any proof that this is a good idea? Seems like a bad one
to me...
> 3. Don't forget to do a super.finalize() in all subclasses at the last line in
> void finalize()
Sound good.
M.
