Is there a destructor for Java?

Question

Is there a destructor for Java? I don\'t seem to be able to find any documentation on this. If there isn\'t, how can I achieve the same effect?

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Answer 1

If you're writing a Java Applet, you can override the Applet "destroy()" method. It is...

 * Called by the browser or applet viewer to inform
 * this applet that it is being reclaimed and that it should destroy
 * any resources that it has allocated. The stop() method
 * will always be called before destroy().

Obviously not what you want, but might be what other people are looking for.