No. System.exit(0) doesn’t return, and the finally block is not executed. System.exit(int) can throw a SecurityException. If that happens, the finally block will be executed. And since the same principal is calling the same method from the same code base, another SecurityException is likely to be thrown from the second call. Here’s an example of … Read more
I had a REALLY hard time to track down a bug years ago that was caused by this. The code was something like: Object problemMethod() { Object rtn = null; try { rtn = somethingThatThrewAnException(); } finally { doSomeCleanup(); return rtn; } } What happened is that the exception was thrown down in some other … Read more
Does a finally block always get executed in Java?
Finally is used to have a guaranteed way of doing something, even if there is an exception thrown. In your case, you could for example dispose your stream, but generally it’s better to use using statement for objects that implement IDisposable, so you can just do using (var stream = new FileStream(…)) { // do … Read more