WeakReference<Object> ref = createWeakReferenceWithFinalizer(finalizerRan);

    await(finalizerRan);
    awaitClear(ref);

    // Hope to catch some stragglers queued up behind our finalizable object
    System.runFinalization();
  }

  private static WeakReference<Object> createWeakReferenceWithFinalizer(
      CountDownLatch finalizerRan) {
    Object referent = new Object();

    WeakReference<Object> ref = createWeakReferenceWithFinalizer(finalizerRan);

    await(finalizerRan);
    awaitClear(ref);

    // Hope to catch some stragglers queued up behind our finalizable object
    System.runFinalization();
  }

  private static WeakReference<Object> createWeakReferenceWithFinalizer(
      CountDownLatch finalizerRan) {
    Object referent = new Object();