Re: Exception in finally block
Chris Smith <cdsmith@twu.net> wrote or quoted in
Message-ID: <MPG.1fdcadde86fd2b36989778@news.altopia.net>:
[snip]
finally {
try {
stream.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
...
}
}
Yes, I do. Otherwise, you would have specified what goes in the catch
block instead of using an ellipse. The problem is that you don't know
what ought to go in the catch block. It depends on how the API is being
used.
At any rate, it is possible that all the close handling of streams
related with reading/writing data are processed with only one method
in the entire scope of your project. For instance, inside all the "finally"
blocks of your project:
<code>
....
finally {
YourProjectUtility.closeFileStream(stream, file);
}
//
// YourProjectUtility
//
public static void closeFileStream(AnyStreamType stream, File dataFile) {
if (stream != null) {
try {
stream.close();
}
catch (IOException e) {
// Maybe, DialogBox( ..... , dataFile, e.getMessage(), ..);
}
}
}
</code>
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