//: c04:TerminationCondition.java // Using finalize() to detect an object that // hasn't been properly cleaned up. // From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002 // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. import com.bruceeckel.simpletest.*; class Book { boolean checkedOut = false; Book(boolean checkOut) { checkedOut = checkOut; } void checkIn() { checkedOut = false; } public void finalize() { if(checkedOut) System.out.println("Error: checked out"); } } public class TerminationCondition { static Test monitor = new Test(); public static void main(String[] args) { Book novel = new Book(true); // Proper cleanup: novel.checkIn(); // Drop the reference, forget to clean up: new Book(true); // Force garbage collection & finalization: System.gc(); monitor.expect(new String[] { "Error: checked out"}, Test.WAIT); } } ///:~