Integrated: 8371748: Remove the (empty) ThreadPoolExecutor.finalize() method

[Brent Christian]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:10:59 GMT, Brent Christian <bchristi at openjdk.org> wrote:

> 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.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: f3dd8daa
Author:    Brent Christian <bchristi at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/f3dd8daaa92896be51254e5abf3e0ec5b1ff5173
Stats:     17 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 17 del; 0 mod

8371748: Remove the (empty) ThreadPoolExecutor.finalize() method

Reviewed-by: vklang, jpai, alanb

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/28311