— Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Chairman, President and ceo

block runs. When the finally block completes, 
the rest of the method continues on. 
If the try block succeeds (
no exception), 
flow control skips over the catch block and 
moves to the finally block. When the finally 
block completes, the rest of the method 
continues on.
If the try or catch block has a return 
statement, finally will still run! 
Flow 
jumps to the finally, then back to the return.
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%java Tester
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chapter 11
Look at the code to the left. What do you think the 
output of this program would be? What do you think 
it would be if the third line of the program were 
changed to:
String test = “yes”; 
?

Assume ScaryException extends Exception.
Sharpen your pencil
public class TestExceptions {
public static void main(String [] args) {
String test = “no”;
try {
System.out.println(“start try”);
doRisky(test);
System.out.println(“end try”);
} catch ( ScaryException se) {
System.out.println(“scary exception”);
} finally {
System.out.println(“finally”);
}
System.out.println(“end of main”); 
}
static void doRisky(String test) throws ScaryException {
System.out.println(“start risky”);
if (“yes”.equals(test)) {
throw new ScaryException();
}
System.out.println(“end risky”);
return;
}
}
 Output when 
test = “no”
 Output when 
test = “yes”
When t
est = “no
”: star
t try - star
t risk
y - end risk
y - end try - finally - end of main
When t
est = “y
es”: star
t try - star
t risk
y - scar
y exc
eption - finally - end of main
Flow Control