Does the finally block always run in Java?
I have a try / catch with a return inside. Will the finally block be executed?
try {
something();
return success;
}
catch (Exception e) {
return failure;
}
finally {
System.out.println("No se si esto se va a imprimir.");
}
I know I can write this and see what happens (which is really what I'm going to do) but when I Googled it, nothing showed up, so I asked the question here.
This is a question translated from the original in English and adapted to the results it gives on my computer: does finally always execute in Java? by jonny five
4 answers
Finally will be called.
The only times that finally will not execute will be when:
- if you call System.exit () or
- if the jvm crashes first
This answer is a translation of the English original of jodonnell
Edited 12/2/15: taking into account Does the finally block execute if the thread running the function is interrupted? by Subhrajyoti Majumder
A very simple question based on java principles, The Block finally will always be called.
try {
//Declaraciones que pueden causar una excepción.
}
catch {
//Manejo de excepción.
}
finally {
//Declaraciones a ser ejecutadas
}
As long as AS commented, You end the execution of the code or there are errors.
More information :The Finally Block
NOT ALWAYS
The Java language specification describes how the try-catch-finally and try-finally blocks work in the Section 14.20.2.
Nowhere does it specify that finally always runs.
But it does specify that for all cases where the try-catch-finally or try-finally block is completed earlier the finally block must have been executed.
I.e.. If SIG is what will be executed after the try-catch-finally block or try-finally and End is what's inside finally, the JLS guarantees that End is always executed before SIG is executed.
Why does the JLS not guarantee that the finally block is always executed after the try block? Because it's impossible. It is unlikely but possible that the virtual machine will be aborted (kill, crash, shut down computer) just after the try Block ends and before the finally block is executed. And there is nothing that can be do from the language specification to avoid this.
Within a block try / catch
finally
it always runs, as the Java documentation says :
The finally block is always executed when the
try
block exits. This ensures that thefinally
Block is executed even if a unexpected exception. But, finally, it is useful for something more than the exception handling: allows the programmer to prevent the code from cleaning is accidentally diverted by a return, a continuation or a disruption. put cleanup code in a blockfinally
is always good practice , even when not foreseen exemption.
Note: If the JVM exits while the try or catch code is running, then the finally block cannot be executed. Similarly, if the thread executing the code try
or catch
is interrupted or deleted, the finally block cannot run even though the application in its set continue .
From Java SE 7 'finally' lost prominence
Prior to Java SE 7, the use of finally
could be implemented as a key tool to prevent resource leakage . When closing a file or recovering resources, it was recommended to place the code in a finally
Block to ensure that the resource will always be recovered or closed.
Since finally
is always executed, regardless of whether the try
statement is complete normally or abruptly, finally
was the only possible option to ensure that a resource would be finally closed.
We see this in the following example:
//Otro uso de finally antes de Java SE 7
static String readFirstLineFromFileWithFinallyBlock(String path)
throws IOException {
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path));
try {
return br.readLine();
} finally {
if (br != null) br.close();
}
}
Before Java 7 finally
it helped us to leave the ground clean of all open resources.
From Java 7 the try-with-resources statement
The judgment try-with-resources
it is a try
statement declaring one or more resources. a resource is an object that must be closed after the program ends. The try-with-resources statement ensures that each resource is closed at the end of the statement. Any object that implements java.lang.AutoCloseable
, which includes all objects that implement java.io.Closeable
, can be used as a resource.
The following example reads the first line of a file. It uses an instance of BufferedReader
to read data from the file. BufferedReader
is a resource that must be closed after the program:
static String readFirstLineFromFile(String path) throws IOException {
try (BufferedReader br =
new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path))) {
return br.readLine();
}
}
In this example, the resource declared in the try-with-resources
statement is a BufferedReader
. The statement statement appears in parentheses immediately after the Keyword try
. The BufferedReader
class, in Java SE 7 and later, implements the java.lang.AutoCloseable
interface. Since instance BufferedReader
is declared in a judgment try-with-resources
, it will close regardless of whether the try statement completes normally or abruptly (as a result of the BufferedReader.readLine
method that throw a IOException
).