Statement not reachable??

[srikanth reddy]

 4.5) What will be the result of compiling and running the given program? [8]
Select one correct answer.
1   public class exception
2   { 
3      public static void main(String args[]) 
4      { 
5          System.out.println("A"); 
6          try 
7          { 
8                return;
9          }
10         catch(Exception e)
11         { 
12            System.out.println("B"); 
13         } 
14         System.out.println("C");  
15     } 
16  }
 

here why there is no error that statement is not reachable ...since the control returns out of main method??? c is not printed ..so why there isn't any error??

[Srinivasa Raghavan]

Try to put the return statement before the try catch block.. then you 'll get the error. When there is an exception ( checked or Unchecked ) thrown inside the try block then catch gets executed after that the S.O.P line will be rechable
[ October 14, 2005: Message edited by: Srinivasa Raghavan ]

[Liang Tong]

"return" means "terminate"
if there's no finally block in the structure "try-catch-finally"
the "return" in try block means "this method is over"