Flow Control - SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform SE6 - page 241

message.toUpperCase();
System.out.println(“End of try”);
}finally {
System.out.println(“Inside finally”);
}
System.out.println(“End of go”);
return message;
}
public static void main(String [] args) {
System.out.println(“Inside main”);
TryFinally test = new TryFinally();
System.out.println(test.go());
System.out.println(“End of main”);
}
}
The statement message.toUpperCase() throws a NullPointerException . Here is the
output of running the code:
Inside main
Inside go
Inside finally
Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NullPointerException
at TryFinally.go(TryFinally.java:6)
at TryFinally.main(TryFinally.java:18)
Even though an uncaught exception is thrown within the try block, the finally block
still executes before the exception is actually thrown and go is popped off the method call
stack.
There are situations where a finally block might not execute. For example, if an error
is thrown and the JVM is no longer able to run properly, a finally block probably might
not execute. Calling System.exit in a catch block terminates the JVM, which means the
corresponding finally block cannot execute.
Now that we have discussed the details and syntax of handling and declaring
exceptions, I want to go over some of the common types of exceptions and errors that
arise in Java. The following section discusses the details of various exceptions and errors
specifi cally listed in the certifi cation exam objectives.