The finalize method is called by the garbage collector. The reason that the finalize method can't be private (or have default/package accessibility) is that it is defined as protected in the Object class and Java does not allow you make an overridden method in a derived class less accessible than the method it is overriding. Since private is more restrictive than protected you can't do this. John
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lucy hu
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where does gc come from? is it an object or a class?
asim wagan
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Hi! GC means the garbage collector. Java has a automatic mechanism for recovering the memory from destroyed objects. The JVM contains a special utility known as Garbage Collector which helps the system to collect the memory.
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