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Revision as of 14:42, 19 July 2006
This is a Vulnerability. To view all vulnerabilities, please see the Vulnerability Category page.
Abstract
This finalize() method does not call super.finalize().
Description
The Java Language Specification states that it is a good practice for a finalize() method to call super.finalize().[1]
Examples
The following method omits the call to super.finalize().
protected void finalize() {
discardNative();
}
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References
[1] J. Gosling, B. Joy, G. Steele, G. Bracha. The Java Language Specification, Second Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2000.