diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/finalize/CloseableResource.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/finalize/CloseableResource.java
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+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/finalize/CloseableResource.java
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+package com.baeldung.finalize;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class CloseableResource implements AutoCloseable {
+    private BufferedReader reader;
+
+    public CloseableResource() {
+        InputStream input = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("file.txt");
+        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));
+    }
+
+    public String readFirstLine() throws IOException {
+        String firstLine = reader.readLine();
+        return firstLine;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        try {
+            reader.close();
+            System.out.println("Closed BufferedReader in the close method");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/finalize/Finalizable.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/finalize/Finalizable.java
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+++ b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/finalize/Finalizable.java
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+package com.baeldung.finalize;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class Finalizable {
+    private BufferedReader reader;
+
+    public Finalizable() {
+        InputStream input = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("file.txt");
+        reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));
+    }
+
+    public String readFirstLine() throws IOException {
+        String firstLine = reader.readLine();
+        return firstLine;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void finalize() {
+        try {
+            reader.close();
+            System.out.println("Closed BufferedReader in the finalizer");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/finalize/FinalizeUnitTest.java b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/finalize/FinalizeUnitTest.java
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+++ b/core-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/finalize/FinalizeUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.finalize;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class FinalizeUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void whenGC_thenFinalizerExecuted() throws IOException {
+        String firstLine = new Finalizable().readFirstLine();
+        Assert.assertEquals("baeldung.com", firstLine);
+        System.gc();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenTryWResourcesExits_thenResourceClosed() throws IOException {
+        try (CloseableResource resource = new CloseableResource()) {
+            String firstLine = resource.readFirstLine();
+            Assert.assertEquals("baeldung.com", firstLine);
+        }
+    }
+}