finalize() method in Java

Hi Mohan,

Yes. Nobody will stop us to call any method , if it is accessible in our class. But a garbage collector cannot call an object's finalize method if that object is reachable.

Regards,

Yes, it is possible to call the finalize() method explicitly though, as it's protected, it can only be called by methods in the same class or a derived class.

It's usually best to leave it to the JVM to call the finalize() method just before the object is destroyed and its memory is recovered.