Exception handling

[manasa teja]

Is there any exception case to the following statement?
In a try-catch-finally construct, if a finally block is present, then it is guaranteed to be executed.
-thanks
Murthy

[Corey McGlone]

If the program were to terminate prior to that, the finally block would not be exeucted.
Take this example:

try
{
   throw new RuntimeException();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
   System.exit(1);
}
finally
{
   System.out.println("I'll never get executed.");
}

Corey

[Anthony Villanueva]

Also, if an exception is thrown inside the finally block and is not caught within the same scope, the exception will propagate outwards and the finally block will not complete its execution.

[Anonymous]

Only if you call System.exit before the flow reaches the finally block.