//: c04:Garbage.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Demonstration of the garbage // collector and finalization class Chair { static boolean gcrun = false; static boolean f = false; static int created = 0; static int finalized = 0; int i; Chair() { i = ++created; if(created == 47) System.out.println("Created 47"); } public void finalize() { if(!gcrun) { // The first time finalize() is called: gcrun = true; System.out.println( "Beginning to finalize after " + created + " Chairs have been created"); } if(i == 47) { System.out.println( "Finalizing Chair #47, " + "Setting flag to stop Chair creation"); f = true; } finalized++; if(finalized >= created) System.out.println( "All " + finalized + " finalized"); } } public class Garbage { public static void main(String[] args) { // As long as the flag hasn't been set, // make Chairs and Strings: while(!Chair.f) { new Chair(); new String("To take up space"); } System.out.println( "After all Chairs have been created:\n" + "total created = " + Chair.created + ", total finalized = " + Chair.finalized); // Optional arguments force garbage // collection & finalization: if(args.length > 0) { if(args[0].equals("gc") || args[0].equals("all")) { System.out.println("gc():"); System.gc(); } if(args[0].equals("finalize") || args[0].equals("all")) { System.out.println("runFinalization():"); System.runFinalization(); } } System.out.println("bye!"); } } ///:~