Am 08.02.2013 18:25, schrieb Henry Jen: > On 02/08/2013 04:09 AM, Ulf Zibis wrote: >> Do those streams close automatically from finalize() method, if released >> to GC, e.g. by nulling the referencing variable? ...and if not, why? > The stream doesn't do that, it's transparent to whatever the underlying > Closeable resource's behavior. :-( -Ulf