RFR: 8305085: Remove finalize() from test/hotspot/jtreg/serviceability/jvmti/RedefineClasses/RedefineFinalizer.java

[David Holmes]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 19:19:01 GMT, Chris Plummer <cjplummer at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The whole test is removed.
>
> I'm not  sure of the current plan to actually remove finalize() support, but unless it is going away in 21, it seems this test should remain in place for now.

I agree with @plummercj  this is a test of finalization and so should be kept (with the warning suppressed) until finalization itself is removed.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13422#issuecomment-1506438120