DOH! The signature was supposed to be:
static void classFinalize() throws Throwable
the one I gave was (obviously) instance finalization... see JLS §12.7.
But it's a academic now, Javasoft has removed it from the JLS -- see
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/class-finalization-rationale.html
for details. -=Chris
At 11:56 PM 1/13/99 -0800, Jason Dillon wrote:
>a static finalize method causes the compiler (jikes in this case) to return:
>
> 93. public static void finalize ()
> <--------->
>*** Error: The static method "void finalize();" cannot hide the instance
method
>
>--jason
>
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