Merge pull request #4014 from sgjava:opencv-sgjava

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() {

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);
     }
 """ )