Re: Exception in finally block

From:
"Red Orchid" <windfollowcloud@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sun, 3 Dec 2006 02:11:50 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID:
<ektbnh$2hl$1@news2.kornet.net>
Thomas Hawtin <usenet@tackline.plus.com> wrote or quoted in
Message-ID: <45721e2f$0$8748$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>:

try {
     Writer rawOut = ...l;
     try {
         BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(rawOut);
         ...
         out.flush();
     } finally {
         rawOut.close();
     }
} catch (IOException exc) {
     ...
}


What is your comment about the following codes ?

<code_0>
try {
    try {
        throw new Exception("E_0"); // Exception_0
    }
    finally {
        int i = 5;
        i /= 0; // Exception_1
    }
}
catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
</code_0>

The "code_0" above prints only "Exception_1". That is,
"Exception_0" is not printStackTraced.

Next,
<code_1>
try {
    throw new Exception("E_0"); // Exception_0
}
catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
    try {
        int i = 5;
        i /= 0; // Exception_1
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}
</code_1>

The "code_1" above prints both "Exception_0" and "Exception_1".

Last,
<code_2>
void processXX(...) throws IOException {
    ...
    try {
        ... stream = .....;
       // some IOException(*) occurs.
       ..
    }
    finally {
        stream.close();
    }
}
</code_2>

In "code_2" above, if IOException of "stream.close()" occurs,
"IOException(*)" is discarded.

I think that it is better to isolate IOException of "stream.close()"
from other IOExceptions. For example,

<code_3>
void processXX(...) throws IOException, ... {
    ...
    try {
        ... stream = .....;
       // some IOException(*) occurs.
       ..
    }
    finally {
        try {
            stream.close();
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
             // process or throw new IOCloseException(...);
        }
    }
}
....
class IOCloseException extends Exception {
    ....
}
</code_3>

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