Can an object's finalize() method be invoked while it is reachable

An object's finalize() method cannot be invoked by the garbage collector while the objectis still reachable. However, an object's finalize() method may be invoked by otherobjects.

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rin.amaru
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Jun 5th, 2008

No , because finalize() method is being invoked just before the garbage collection and an object can not be garbage collected unless there is any live reference of that object i.e that object is reachable.