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title: "What is the significance of the “finalize” method ?"  
description: "What is the significance of the “finalize” method ?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-03-28  
updated: 2020-09-22  
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# What is the significance of the “finalize” method ?

In order to understand the “finalize” method one needs to understand the concept of garbage collection. \
The job of freeing up the memory allocated to objects is that of a garbage collector. When the garbage collector determines that an object is no longer referenced it automatically runs a special destructor function called “Finalize”.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

In order to understand the “finalize” method one needs to understand the concept of garbage collection. \
The job of freeing up the memory allocated to objects is that of a garbage collector. When the garbage collector determines that an object is no longer referenced it automatically runs a special destructor function called “Finalize”.


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