Tip: Secure your code against the finalizer vulnerability

A pattern to prevent invalid classes from being created

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Neil D. Masson

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Your Java code may be vulnerable to an exploit based on finalization. Learn how the exploit works and how to modify your code to prevent such an attack.

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