src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ref/Reference.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -233,10 +233,15 @@
             public boolean waitForReferenceProcessing()
                 throws InterruptedException
             {
                 return Reference.waitForReferenceProcessing();
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void runFinalization() {
+                Finalizer.runFinalization();
+            }
         });
     }
 
     /* -- Referent accessor and setters -- */