>From the bug report: Prior to JDK 11, ThreadPoolExecutor.finalize() was specified to "[invoke] shutdown() when this executor is no longer referenced and it has no threads."
In JDK 11, ThreadPoolExecutor.finalize() was re-specified to do nothing, leaving the finalize() method empty. ([JDK-8190324](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8190324)). In JDK 18, finalize() was deprecated for removal ([JDK-8276447](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8276447)), after first being "standard" deprecated in JDK 9 ([JDK-8165641](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8165641)). The finalize() method can safely be removed from ThreadPoolExecutor. ------------- Commit messages: - Remove ThreadPoolExecutor.finalize() Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28311/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=28311&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8371748 Stats: 17 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 17 del; 0 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28311.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/28311/head:pull/28311 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28311
