destroy() vs. finalize()

[sherkan777]

Can anybody explain me, where is difference between destroy() and finalize() methods in SFSB and in simple POJO?

Do I need to create finalize() method to cleanup objects in beans?

[walterjwhite]

I think destroy is a different lifecycle event where the bean is destroyed by the container explicitly at the end of a context.  It however, may still live in the heap where finalize would then be called by the JVM at garbage collection.

It depends on what you do, I use destroy more often than finalize.  It would be the same pattern as using finally in your try-catch blocks.

Walter