From fe0ce9282a3d0f0280c3d7ab20fbfb872ef05397 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sgjava <sgjava@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 13:44:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Changed delete() modifier to public from protected

---
 modules/java/generator/gen_java.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/java/generator/gen_java.py b/modules/java/generator/gen_java.py
index cbc28484a5..eccc541508 100755
--- a/modules/java/generator/gen_java.py
+++ b/modules/java/generator/gen_java.py
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ JNIEXPORT $rtype JNICALL Java_org_opencv_${module}_${clazz}_$fname
             # finalize()
             ci.j_code.write(
 """
-    protected void delete() {
+    public void delete() {
         delete(nativeObj);
     }
 """ )

From 8b3b2a52f01c38e7c24e245e0d941a8047028722 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sgjava <sgjava@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 13:45:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Removed finalize() and added n_delete to release()

---
 modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java b/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java
index 6db255417c..4fd60a79c6 100644
--- a/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java
+++ b/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ public class Mat {
     {
 
         n_release(nativeObj);
+        n_delete(nativeObj);
 
         return;
     }
@@ -906,12 +907,6 @@ public class Mat {
         return retVal;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
-        n_delete(nativeObj);
-        super.finalize();
-    }
-
     // javadoc:Mat::toString()
     @Override
     public String toString() {