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This noncompliant code example uses an ordinary try-finally block to try to close two resources.  However, if closing the Bufferedreader BufferedReader br results in an exception being thrown, then the BufferedWriter bw will not be closed.

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public void err54_nce2(String inPath) throws IOException{
	BufferedReader br = null;
    try {
    	br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(inPath));
        // process the input and produce the output
    } finally {
    	if (br != null) {
        	br.close();
        }
    }
}

Compliant Solution

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This compliant solution uses a try-with-resources statement which will not suppress any exceptions thrown during the processing of the input while still guaranteeing that br is closed.

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