12.9

Virtual Machine Exit

EXECUTION

default is to not run finalizers on exit, and this behavior may be restored by invok 

ing

runFinalizersOnExit

 with the argument

false

. An invocation of the

run 

FinalizersOnExit

 method is permitted only if the caller is allowed to

exit

, and

is otherwise rejected by the

SecurityManager

 ( 20.17).

. . . Farewell!

The day frowns more and more. Thou'rt like to have

A lullaby too rough: I never saw

The heavens so dim by day: A savage clamour!

Well may I get aboard! This is the chase.

I am gone for ever!

[Exit, pursued by a bear]

 William Shakespeare,

The Winter's Tale

, Act III, scene iii

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