Merge branch 'develop' into trialMerge

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / datamodel / Alignment.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
index 1956df7..c4098e2 100755 (executable)
--- 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();
   }
 
   /**