* point, Finalizer can stop running
     */
    if (!finalizableReferenceClass.getName().equals(FINALIZABLE_REFERENCE)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Expected " + FINALIZABLE_REFERENCE + ".");
    }

    Finalizer finalizer = new Finalizer(finalizableReferenceClass, queue, frqReference);
    String threadName = Finalizer.class.getName();
    Thread thread = null;

  /**
   * Iterates through the given loaders until it finds one that can load Finalizer.
   *
   * @return Finalizer.class
   */
  private static Class<?> loadFinalizer(FinalizerLoader... loaders) {
    for (FinalizerLoader loader : loaders) {
      Class<?> finalizer = loader.loadFinalizer();
      if (finalizer != null) {
        return finalizer;
      }
    }

    throw new AssertionError();
  }

  @Test
  public void testGetFinalizerUrl() {
    assertThat(getClass().getResource("internal/Finalizer.class")).isNotNull();
  }

  @Test
  public void testFinalizeClassHasNoNestedClasses() throws Exception {
    // Ensure that the Finalizer class has no nested classes.
    // See https://github.com/google/guava/issues/1505
    assertThat(Finalizer.class.getDeclaredClasses()).isEmpty();
  }

# FinalizableReferenceQueue is unused.
-keepnames class com.google.common.base.internal.Finalizer {
  *** startFinalizer(...);
}
# However, it cannot "spot" that this method needs to be kept IF the class is.
-keepclassmembers class com.google.common.base.internal.Finalizer {
  *** startFinalizer(...);
}
-keepnames class com.google.common.base.FinalizableReference {
  void finalizeReferent();
}

    assertThat(frqC).isNotSameInstanceAs(sepFrqC);
    // Check the assumptions above.

    // FRQ tries to load the Finalizer class (for the reference-collecting thread) in a few ways.
    // If the class is accessible to the system ClassLoader (ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader())
    // then FRQ does not bother to load Finalizer.class through a separate ClassLoader. That happens

   * separate method to make it somewhat more likely to be unreachable.
   */
  private static void createUnreachableLatchFinalizer(CountDownLatch latch) {
    Object unused =
        new Object() {
          @SuppressWarnings({"removal", "Finalize"}) // b/260137033
          @Override
          protected void finalize() {
            latch.countDown();

   * separate method to make it somewhat more likely to be unreachable.
   */
  private static void createUnreachableLatchFinalizer(CountDownLatch latch) {
    Object unused =
        new Object() {
          @SuppressWarnings({"removal", "Finalize"}) // b/260137033
          @Override
          protected void finalize() {
            latch.countDown();

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    } ]
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and Java’s <code>volatile</code> variables.
</p>

<h3 id="finalizer">Finalizers</h3>

<p>
The <a href="/pkg/runtime/"><code>runtime</code></a> package provides
a <code>SetFinalizer</code> function that adds a finalizer to be called when
a particular object is no longer reachable by the program.

    "linux" : 353,
    "windows" : 481,
    "macOs" : 336
  } ]
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