Re: Exception Jargon
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:59:13 +0000, zn??rt wrote:
What you might find a bit weird is that "This is finally" gets printed.
Well, code in "finally" is guaranteed to be executed if the catch block
is evaluated. Remember it is part of the exception handling, not "top
level" function body code. Thus the ever polite "C runtime JVM" manages
to execute it just prior to the exceptional function exit. Granted, it
looks a bit like a stunt :D However, how it does it (and with how many
stackframes) shouldn't bother you as a Java coder. Of course, it can be
an issue for general discussion. Sorry but my knowledge about JVM
internals is too limited for that. If this is your question, I'm pretty
sure someone here can explain.
Before Java 1.5, finally is encoded by using a jump-to-subroutine/return-
from-subroutine call (equivalent to assembly's call/ret instructions)
from every possible exit point. From Java 1.5 and onwards, it is encoded
by literally inlining the finally code at every exit point. The reason is
that the jsr/ret instructions cannot be properly verified in the stricter
bytecode validation introduced in Java 6's machine code (why it started
from 1.5, I don't know...)
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