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Java Enum finalize() method with example

Enum Class finalize() method: Here, we are going to learn about the finalize() method of Enum Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on December 05, 2019

Enum Class finalize() method

• finalize() method is available in java.lang package.
• finalize() method is used to represent that enum classes do not contain finalize methods.
• finalize() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object only and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• finalize() method is a final method, it does not override in child class.
• finalize() method does not throw an exception at the time of executing finalize() methods.

Syntax:

    protected final void finalize();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of this method is void, it returns nothing.

Example:

// Java program to demonstrate the example 
// of void finalize() method of 
// Enum class

enum Weeks {
    SUN,
    MON,
    TUE,
    WED,
    THU,
    FRI,
    SAT;
}

public class Finalize {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Throwable {

        System.out.println("Enum classes can't contain finalize methods");

        Finalize f = new Finalize() {
            protected final void finalize() throws Throwable {
                System.out.println("We are in finalize methods");
            }
        };
    }
}

Output

Enum classes can't contain finalize methods