X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FAlignment.java;fp=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FAlignment.java;h=c4098e26594753f3caa175ca4ae6922e41e0856f;hb=8946f41687f4c822ac8d15ee8551f23f156735c4;hp=1956df7f10be8f6664575bbf5d92b8f94ca124c0;hpb=f27f7be4c32780de615e2678f11a5e80702c5e25;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
index 1956df7..c4098e2 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.Vector;
  * @author JimP
  * 
  */
-public class Alignment implements AlignmentI
+public class Alignment implements AlignmentI, AutoCloseable
 {
   private Alignment dataset;
 
@@ -303,15 +303,20 @@ public class Alignment implements AlignmentI
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void finalize() throws Throwable
+  public void close()
   {
     if (getDataset() != null)
     {
-      getDataset().removeAlignmentRef();
+      try
+      {
+        getDataset().removeAlignmentRef();
+      } catch (Throwable e)
+      {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
     }
 
     nullReferences();
-    super.finalize();
   }
 
   /**