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- noun computing In some programming languages, a
function that runs when an object isgarbage collected , similar to adestructor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“This is an exciting and important step for our company,” said Bradford, who will continue in his roles as PCGS Currency President and lead grader and finalizer.
Collectors Universe Sells PCGS Currency Division : Coin Collecting News 2009
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Albanese was then a finalizer and one of two managing partners at the NGC.
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“This is an exciting and important step for our company,” said Bradford, who will continue in his roles as PCGS Currency President and lead grader and finalizer.
Collectors Universe Sells PCGS Currency Division : Coin Collecting News 2009
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My guess is that the NGC finalizer may have calculated its overall net grade as 61 largely due to a perception by the NGC graders of noticeable friction on the highpoints.
The Greatest World Coin Auction of All Time (Part 3): Latin American Coins : Coin Collecting News 2008
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This is simply the capability of objects to have a special method (caller finalizer) that is run when the garbage collector has decided that the object is ready to be collected.
WindowsClient.net 2010
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If you're thinking of implementing IDisposable on an object or of adding a finalizer, the
WindowsClient.net 2010
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When this reclamation occurs, the Garbage Collector must process a possible finalizer and also ensure that any internal JVM resources that are associated with the object are returned to the pool of such resources.
PlanetJava 2010
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To make sure that at some point the file gets closed, I can write a finalizer for my object to do this.
WindowsClient.net 2010
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So what should you do instead of writing a finalizer for a class whose objects encapsulate resources that require termination, such as files or threads?
Javalobby - The heart of the Java developer community m_muhammadali 2010
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This can happen through no fault of your own: There might be a handle to a network resource that the finalizer is trying to release, but network connectivity problems result in the operation taking longer than two seconds, at which point the.
Site Home 2010
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