Added finalize method

3 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/java/net/DatagramSocket.java b/java/net/DatagramSocket.java
index 3fef08592..60e73c6ca 100644
--- a/java/net/DatagramSocket.java
+++ b/java/net/DatagramSocket.java
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ DatagramSocket(int port, InetAddress addr) throws SocketException
 /*************************************************************************/
 
 /**
+  * Ensure that the socket is closed when this object is garbage collected
+  */
+protected void
+finalize() throws IOException
+{
+  close();
+}
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+/**
   * Closes this socket. 
   */
 public synchronized void
diff --git a/java/net/ServerSocket.java b/java/net/ServerSocket.java
index 1c4a0d4d8..715c2cc61 100644
--- a/java/net/ServerSocket.java
+++ b/java/net/ServerSocket.java
@@ -229,6 +229,18 @@ accept() throws IOException
 /*************************************************************************/
 
 /**
+  * Ensure that this socket gets closed when the object is garbage
+  * collected.
+  */
+protected void
+finalize() throws IOException
+{
+  close();
+}
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+/**
   * Closes this socket and stops listening for connections
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs
diff --git a/java/net/Socket.java b/java/net/Socket.java
index 6708232e9..ec390a3bd 100644
--- a/java/net/Socket.java
+++ b/java/net/Socket.java
@@ -297,6 +297,17 @@ Socket(InetAddress raddr, int rport, InetAddress laddr, int lport,
  */
 
 /**
+  * This method closes the socket when this object is garbage collected
+  */
+protected void
+finalize() throws IOException
+{
+  close();
+}
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+
+/**
   * Closes the socket.
   *
   * @exception IOException If an error occurs