java.lang.Object.finalize() is finally deprecated

Gradle source code repository for the examples from my blog post, http://bit.ly/javafinalize. Built and tested on Linux Mint, SUSE Linux. As gradle does not currently support Java 11, this application can be run using the standard java commands.

Platform

• Any supporting the Oracle JVM for Java SE 11+.

Requirements

• Gradle 4.7
• Java 11 or greater

Gradle Tasks

• ./gradlew build - Build Application
• ./gradlew run - Runs the main file in the console.

Known Problems

• Fails with openJDK 11 EA+11 (04/30/2018).
• Fails with Oracle JDK 11 EA+11 (04/30/2018).

Execution Screenshot