"Any exception thrown by the finalize method causes the finalization of this object to be halted, but is otherwise ignored." If there is an exception, you won't see it.
protected void finalize() throws Throwable
check out the API documentation of the finalize() method:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html [ December 17, 2005: Message edited by: Philippe Saint-Just ]
[ December 17, 2005: Message edited by: Philippe Saint-Just ]