Re: finalize()

2012-08-24 Thread Joseph Lust
The commonly accepted two use cases are (1) for safety-net finalizers in older code (ensure resource is closed, but not preferred means), and (2) for native peers for finalizer chaining into native JNI calls that must have their finalizers called. Sincerely, Joseph -- You received this mess

Re: finalize()

2012-08-24 Thread Alain Ekambi
I think even in Java there are few cases where you should rely on finalize. Actualy you should not rely on it at all 2012/8/24 Harold Comere > Hi, > > Thank you for answers ! > > I am using GWT for 3D purpose with WebGL. > When i am destroying an object from the 3D sce

Re: finalize()

2012-08-24 Thread Harold Comere
used by any other object. In JAVA, the finalize() method done the trick as the garbage collector checks references to destroy unused objects. If JavaScript do not do that, i think i have to do a kind of smart pointer by myself. Regards, Harold 2012/8/24 Joseph Lust > Generally speaking, there

Re: finalize()

2012-08-24 Thread Joseph Lust
Generally speaking, there is no reason you should need finalize either as it is a anti-pattern in all but a very few cases. However, for items like widgets, you can do cleanup in the OnDetach and OnUnload methods. Sincerely, Joseph -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: finalize()

2012-08-24 Thread Thomas Broyer
On Friday, August 24, 2012 12:28:27 PM UTC+2, Harold wrote: > > Hi all, > > I can not find the info on the web but : > > Does finalize() method works properly after gwt compilation ? > > No. There's no such thing in JavaScript so it cannot be emulated. -- You rece

finalize()

2012-08-24 Thread Harold Comere
Hi all, I can not find the info on the web but : Does finalize() method works properly after gwt compilation ? Regards, Haroldli -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-w