Return statement in try and finally block. How it works

[Hs Raveendran]

 package core.java.gc;

public class FinallyTest {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		FinallyTest ft = new FinallyTest();
		int x = ft.display();
		System.out.println(x);
	}
	
	@SuppressWarnings("finally")
	public int display()
	{
		try{
			System.out.println("Hi welcome");
			return 1;			
		}
		finally {
			return 2;
		}
	}
}

Output is:
Hi welcome
2

how this program, escaping return statement from try block.. Please tell me how it works

[Chinna Eranna]

finally will always be executed after try..
And you have a return in the finally, hence the function returns that value.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/exceptions/finally.html

[Bear Bibeault]

"Raveendran Hs", please check your private messages for an important administrative matter.

[Paul Clapham]

Moving to a more suitable forum.

[Wouter Oet]

Chinna Eranna wrote:finally will always be executed after try..

One small exception: if the try block calls System.exit() then the finally block will not run.