Re: (File)OutputStreams and their usage
On Fri, 16 May 2008, Leonard Milcin wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
I'm dubious about the close() in the finally block not being wrapped in a
try-catch; if i get an IO error during loading, i want to see that, not
some subsequent exception that arose when trying to close the file. I'd
wrap it in a try-catch and log or ignore any exceptions.
There's actually a yet slicker way to write this method:
public void load(File file) throws IOException {
OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file) ;
try {
load(os) ;
}
finally {
try {
os.close() ;
}
catch (IOException e) {
// log or ignore
}
}
}
Well, to summarize things, we end up with:
public void load(File file) throws IOException {
OutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
try {
load(os);
} finally {
os.close();
}
}
I don't like the unprotected close() in the finally block. But if you're
happy with it, then yes.
tom
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