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+// Copyright 2008 The Android Open Source Project
+
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+
+public class FinalizerTest {
+    public static FinalizerTest mNothing = new FinalizerTest("nothing");
+    public static FinalizerTest mReborn = mNothing;
+
+    public String mMsg = "default";
+
+    public FinalizerTest(String msg) {
+        mMsg = msg;
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        return mMsg;
+    }
+
+    protected void finalize() {
+        System.out.println("finalizer executed: " + mMsg);
+        mReborn = this;
+    }
+}