Exception

[V Bose]

  
1. import java.io.*;
2. public class MyProgram {
3.   public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
4.     FileOutputStream out = null;
5.     try {
6.       out = new FileOutputStream("test.txt");
7.       out.write(122);
8.     }
9.     catch(IOException io) {
10.      System.out.println("IO Error.");
11.    }
12.    finally {
13.      out.close();
14.    }
15.   }
16. }

True or False-
Assuming Line 6 throws a FileNotFoundExcepton, Would line 13 throw a Null Pointer exception?
OR if things go fine up until Line 12 and Line 13 throws an IOException, will the JVM stop with an IOException?

[Nathaniel Stoddard]

IOExceptions will never force the JVM to stop because it is a checked exception and must be handled somewhere by your program in order to even be compiled and run. As for the NullPointerException: you should check to see if it is null and open before you attempt to close it.