>Is there any way to detect when a class is going to be unloaded from the
vm....
>sort of the opposite of static { ... }?
>
>--jason
In theory or in practice?
In theory the JLS says so, put a static method finalize() in the class
(sorry, don't remember the protection, maybe public??) and the VM is
supposed to call the method before unloading the class.
In practice . . . well, even Sun never bothered to implement it, and
I doubt the JCK checks for it either. IIRC someone posted a quote from
bugParade re this; check the archives if you're interested or search
for finalization in bugParade.
There was also a suggestion to strike that requirement from the JLS,
hopefully this was given some serious thought before being accepted!
To keep this Java && Linux, are the Blackdowner's considering doing
more than just porting? Not to imply that porting isn't a major
undertaking in and of itself. But are any of you working on enhancements
or bugfixes as well? -=Chris
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