On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 09:34:29AM +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> 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?
In CACAO we currently search for a finalizer method and add it if one is
found. We don't check if there is actually code in it.
- twisti
