There is no point in setting class fields to ``++null++`` in a finalizer. If this this is a hint to the garbage collector, it is unnecessary - the object will be garbage collected anyway - and doing so may actually cause extra work for the garbage collector.


== Noncompliant Code Example

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public class Foo {
  private String name;

  @Override
  void finalize() {
    name = null;  // Noncompliant; completely unnecessary
  }
}
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