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Why is this an issue?
Object.finalize() is called by the Garbage Collector at some point after the object becomes unreferenced.
In general, overloading Object.finalize() is a bad idea because:

   The overload may not be called by the Garbage Collector. 
   Users are not expected to call Object.finalize() and will get confused. 

But beyond that it’s a terrible idea to name a method "finalize" if it doesn’t actually override Object.finalize().
Noncompliant code example
public int finalize(int someParameter) {        // Noncompliant
  /* ... */
}

Compliant solution
public int someBetterName(int someParameter) {  // Compliant
  /* ... */
}