X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FAlignment.java;fp=src%2Fjalview%2Fdatamodel%2FAlignment.java;h=3b0ca46f83e01ac83aae1e3c7116fc5b1a09f71a;hb=890092d4ca9b8c17a3f356eeb12f49440d5fc51c;hp=ac00fa2a0f93ff7dce698eb2d6eae63805a70b3e;hpb=15c6c6724878a5445e9f5bc6594719dbe81c1735;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
index ac00fa2..3b0ca46 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;
 
@@ -302,15 +302,20 @@ 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();
   }
 
   /**