noun
- plural of finalizer; objects or methods in programming that perform cleanup or completion tasks before an object is destroyed or a process ends
Usage: technical; computing
Examples
- The Java finalizers ensure that resources are released when objects are garbage collected.
- Developers should use finalizers carefully to avoid performance issues in their applications.
- The finalizers in this code close database connections before the program terminates.
- Modern programming practices often recommend alternatives to finalizers for resource management.
- The finalizers executed successfully, freeing up all allocated memory.