The contract of the ``++Object.finalize()++`` method is clear: only the Garbage Collector is supposed to call this method.

Making this method public is misleading, because it implies that any caller can use it.

== Noncompliant Code Example

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public class MyClass {

  @Override
  public void finalize() {    // Noncompliant
    /* ... */
  }
}
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== See

* http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/583.html[MITRE, CWE-583] - finalize() Method Declared Public
* https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/4jZGBQ[CERT, MET12-J.] - Do not use finalizers