Source:How do you create a REST client for Java?
public class Outer {
public class Inner {
}
public Inner inner(){
return new Inner();
}
@Override
protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
// as you know finalize is called by the garbage collector due to destroying an object instance
System.out.println("I am destroyed !");
}
}
public static void main(String arg[]) {
Outer outer = new Outer();
Outer.Inner inner = outer.new Inner();
// out instance is no more used and should be garbage collected !!!
// However this will not happen as inner instance is still alive i.e used, not null !
// and outer will be kept in memory until inner is destroyed
outer = null;
//
// inner = null;
//kick out garbage collector
System.gc();
}