Will the statements inside finally get executed if they are following return?

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Wondering if finally statement will still get executed if it is after return statement?

Can you give a code example ? As it, the question seems a little too fuzzy to me — Riduidel, Mar 16 '11 at 09:55
And what hinders you simply testing it instead of asking a yes-no-question here? — Paŭlo Ebermann, Mar 16 '11 at 12:37

Umesh K · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-16T15:45:08.773

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Yes it will the only exception is System.exit(1) in try block

edited Mar 16 '11 at 15:45

answered Mar 16 '11 at 09:55

Umesh K

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which is something you usually don't wanna do :-) – Riccardo Cossu Mar 16 '11 at 09:59

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 09:56

yes finally will get executed even if you return

public static void foo() {
        try {
            return;
        } finally {
            System.out.println("Finally..");
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        foo();
   }

Output:

Finally..

duffymo · Answer 3 · 2011-03-16T10:07:20.217

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Not if the return statement is before its associated try block.

Yes if the return statement is inside the associated try block.

public void foo(int x)
{
    if (x < 0)
        return; // finally block won't be executed for negative values

    System.out.println("This message is never printed for negative input values");
    try
    { 
        System.out.println("Do something here");
        return;    
    }
    finally
    {
        System.out.println("This message is always printed as long as input is >= 0");
    }
}

edited Mar 16 '11 at 10:07

answered Mar 16 '11 at 10:00

duffymo

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BTW, 'finally' comes into the picture only if code enters 'try' block. – Hardik Mishra Mar 16 '11 at 10:11

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 09:58

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Yes, finally will be executed though it is after return statement.

answered Mar 16 '11 at 09:58

Hardik Mishra

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Please refer:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2824746/finally-and-return – Hardik Mishra Mar 16 '11 at 10:00

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 10:00

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Yes, ofcourse. Finally statement is designed to be executed in any cases if execution will go into try statement.

answered Mar 16 '11 at 10:00

Yuriy Semen

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:29

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finally block will fail only when we terminate JVM by calling System.exit(int) or Runtime.getRuntime().exit(int).

answered Mar 16 '11 at 11:29

Prince John Wesley

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 13:24

On top of the other answers, if there is a return in your finally block, statements after the return will not be executed.

finally
    {
        System.out.println("In finally");
        if ( 1 == 1 )
            return;
        System.out.println("Won't get printed.);
    }

In the above snippet, "In finally" is displayed while "Won't get printed" isn't.

Will the statements inside finally get executed if they are following return?

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