exception catch

[Artemesia Lakener]

if I have the following code

case A:
*****************************
try {

// do some stuff
} catch (IOException) {
// handle error
response.sendRedirect("/errorPage.jsp");
} finally {
jdbcConnection.close();
}
********************************

case B:
try {

// do some stuff
} catch (IOException) {
// handle error
return "IOException";
} finally {
jdbcConnection.close();
}
****************************************

My question is --- Will the "jdbcConnection.close()" be executed (i.e. closing the jdbc Connection) in both Case A and B when there is IOException raised ? (One is redirecting page and one is returning out of subroutine)

[Bear Bibeault]

Moved to Java in General (beginner).

[Yu Fei Xu]

yes,in code A the "jdbcConnection.close()" be executed .
but in code B ,I am not sure

[Tony Morris]

Yes, the call to close will execute in both of your provided cases.

[Vinayak patil]

finally is called irrespective of whether you return or not.So the connection is closed.

If finally is not called, you would have got an unreachable code error at compile time.