Java Glossary : finally

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finally

try-catch-finally is a java feature to ensure critical code gets executed even if an exeption would otherwise bypass it. In the following code, the file.close() gets executed whether or not there in an IOException.

try
   {
   somethingDangerous();
   }
catch ( IOException e )
   {
   System.out.println( "oh oh" );
   throw new BadDataException();
   }
finally
   {
   file.close(); // always executed
   }

final ¤ finalize

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