Finalize method in Java also called finalizer is a method defined in java.lang.Object and called by Garbage collector before collecting any object which is eligible for GC. Finalize() method provides the last chance to object to do cleanup and free any remaining resource, to learn more about finalizers,
If Object A has reference to Object B and Object B refer to Object A, apart from that there is no live reference to either object A or B, Does they are eligible for Garbage collection?
This Garbage collection interview questions is related question 5 “When object become eligible for Garbage collection”. An object becomes eligible for Garbage collection if there is no live reference for it. It can not be accessible from any Thread and cyclic dependency doesn’t prevent Object from being Garbage collected. This means in this case both Object A and Object B are eligible of Garbage collection.
