Pre-packaged Query

Query name="Semmle/StyleChecks/J2EE/Entity-Bean/An entity-bean class must not define the finalize method"

Reports all Entity-Bean types that define a finalize method with no arguments and a void return type.

from EntityBean ebean, Method m
where m.getDeclaringType() = ebean and
      m.hasName("finalize") and 
      m.hasNoParams() and 
      m.getType().hasName("void")
select m, ebean.toString() + " entity-bean class"
          + " must not define the finalize method"

References

Enterprise JavaBeans 2.1 - Specification, section 10.6.2 and 12.2.2