finalize () method

[Mohammed shareef]

Can any one explain me when does finalize() is invoke or call by gc ,explain briefly ,if possible with example,Thanking you in advance.

[raghu nagabandi]

Finalized method will be called prior to destroying an object by garbage collector.
On every instance finalized method is invoked only once in it�s life time.
But we can not force garbage collector to run gc method or finalized method.

[Saurabh Patil]

if we exit from program in a abrupt manner say by executing

System.exit(1);

then will finalize method execute ?