Hi (moved to main list since I think this might be interesting for
runtime hackers),
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 00:37 +0000, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> This adds the finalize() method added to Enum
> in 1.6. Should fix a few JAPI errors...
>
> Changelog:
>
> 2006-12-19 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> * java/lang/Enum.java:
> (finalize()): Implemented.
> [...]
> + /**
> + * Enumerations can not have finalization methods.
> + *
> + * @since 1.6
> + */
> + protected final void finalize()
> + {
> + }
Interesting. Even though Enums should never be initialized "by hand"
this is something a garbage collector should be aware of. Do garbage
collectors already handle empty finalize() methods as if there was no
finalizer?
Cheers,
Mark
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