finalize

Definition of finalize in English English dictionary: To prepare (an object) for garbage collection by calling its finalizer; To make final or firm; to finish or complete
As soon as we get the plane tickets, we'll finalize our reservations with the hotel.; make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal; finalize is not actually a Java keyword, but a reserved method name The finalizer is called when an object is no longer being used (i e , when there are no further references to it), but before the object's memory is actually reclaimed by the system A finalizer should perform cleanup tasks and free system resources not handled by Java's garbage-collection system; A method that is called when there are no further references to an object and it is no longer needed; The last stage of CD-R/RW writing in which the disk's table of contents (TOC) is written onto the disk; —A class-only method that is automatically called when an object is destroyed by the garbage collector The Finalize method is primarily used to free up unmanaged resources allocated by the object before the object itself is removed from memory A Finalize method is not needed when only managed resources are used by the object, which are automatically freed by the garbage collector In C#, when a destructor is defined in a class it is mapped to a Finalize method Also called a finalizer See Dispose; make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"; The act of completing the transfer of a file This can be to signal the successful conclusion of receiving the file or a request to abort the file before it is fully transferred Once a file is finalized, it is not longer considered an active file and can only be inquired about through your File History; finalize is not actually a Java keyword, but a reserved method name The finalize() method is called when an object is no longer being used (i e , when there are no further references to it), but before the object's memory is actually reclaimed by the system A finalizer should perform cleanup tasks and free system resources not handled by Java's garbage-collection system; fi·nal·ize finalizes finalizing finalized in BRIT, also use finalise If you finalize something such as a plan or an agreement, you complete the arrangements for it, especially by discussing it with other people. Negotiators from the three countries finalized the agreement in August They have not finalized the deal with the government. to finish the last part of a plan, business deal etc; {f} end, sum up; complete
finalize a date: set a date, officially chose a specific date
finalize a transaction: complete a transaction
finalise: Alternative spelling of finalize
finalise: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
finalise: UK, alternative spelling of finalize
finalise: {f} conclude, end, sum up; complete, finish, put into final form (alternate spelling for finalize)
finalization: the final legal step in the adoption process, involving a court hearing where an adoptive parent or parents become a child’s legal parent(s)
finalization: The court hearing which results in the adoption decree This is the moment when the adoptee becomes the permanent, legally adopted child of the adoptive parents In PA this cannot occur less than 6 months after the adoption
finalization: Performing final operations just before an object expires, typically releasing external resources See the Finalization pattern
finalization: Action in which lead-in and lead-out areas are recorded that must be performed at the end of a recording operation if the disc is to be readable in a conventional drive Also referred to as closure
finalization: {i} putting in final form; summing up; final consolidation; completion (also finalisation)
finalization: to declare that an object or resource is no longer needed, and initiate cleanup of that object See initialization
finalization: Immediately before an object is garbage collected, its finalize method is called This gives it the opportunity to free any resources it might be holding on to
finalization: In garbage-collected languages, it is often necessary to perform actions on some objects after they are no longer in use and before their memory(2) can be recycled These actions are known as finalization or termination A common use of finalization is to release resources when the corresponding "proxy" object dies For example, an open file might be represented by a stream object When this object has been proven dead by the collector(1), it is certain that the file is no longer in use by the program, and it can and should be closed before the stream is recycled Note that finalization is not, in general, guaranteed to be prompt, and this can cause problems if it is used to manage scarce operating system resources such as file descriptors Many object-oriented languages provide support for finalization, for example, Cedar, Java, Perl 5, and Smalltalk The term finalization is sometimes used to refer to the use of destructors(1), for example in Ada
finalization: The act or process of finalizing
finalization: the act of finalizing
finalization: (See legalization)
finalization: - The last legal step in the adoption process; only after finalization do the adoptive parents have legal rights and responsibilities to the child
finalized: {s} in finished form, completed
finalized: past of finalize
finalizes: third-person singular of finalize
finalizing: present participle of finalize