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 other objects.

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Sandhya.Kishan
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Jun 19th, 2012

The reachable objects cannot be garbage collected and hence an objects finalize() method cannot be invoked while it is reachable.