[gclist] A Java question.

[Johny]

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> From: Charles Fiterman <cef@geodesic.com>
> To: gclist@iecc.com
> Subject: Re: [gclist] A Java question.
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 1:47 AM
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> >All Java VM's must call finalizers and all as far as I know do.
> >finalize() is used to free up bitmaps, file references, and other
> >non-Java-related "garbage". I think you may be talking about
> >the fact that once a finalizer has been called once, it will not
> >be called again. So if you create a reference to the object being
> >finalized in the finalizer, you essentially create a zombie object
> >and finalize() will not be called the next time it tries to gc that
> >object. Most of the time this is not a problem.
> 
> I have nothing against zombies but am worried about the zombie getting
> freed or any other pointer to a free object as those would allow me
> to create a virus. The point of Java is that the type system prevents
> the creation of viruses. There is also the question of finalizer order.
> 
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