In comp.object Mattias Lundstr�m <ehsmalu@ehpt.com> wrote:

: Note also that in the case of Java this kind of resource
: cleanup may not be satisfactory since we can not know when
: the finalization (cleanup) is actually done.

In Java you should always explicitly handle resource deallocation for
all resources that are in any way "precious". Use...

  try {} finally { deallocation }

to ensure that deallocation will occur no later than the exit of the
"try" body.

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