method finalize and exceptions

Question

I don\'t understand very well when an exception is ignored by the GC when it reclaims from the memory an object.

If I have a try/catch into a finalize metho

Answer 1

The two existing answers appear to say that the finalizer will ignore any uncaught exceptions. This appears to contradict the answer here: Exception in finalize method which appears to have a correct reference to the JSL. It says that uncaught exceptions will abort the finalization of the object concerned (possibly leaking resources) but that the finalizer thread itself will continue finalizing other objects. This matches empirical results.