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class TryFinally {
  private static boolean doLogic() {
    try {
      throw new IllegalStateException();
    } finally {
      System.out.println("logic done");
    }
    // Any return statements must go here; 
    // applicable only when exception is thrown conditionally
  }
}

Exceptions

ERRO4-J-EX0: Control flow statements whose destination is within the finally block are perfectly acceptable. For example, the following code does not violate this rule because the break statement exits within the while loop but not within the finally block:

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Abrupt completion of a finally block masks any exceptions thrown inside the associated try and catch blocks.

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

ERR04-J

Low

Probable

Medium

P4

L3

Automated Detection

Tool
Version
Checker
Description
Coverity7.5PW.ABNORMAL_TERMINATION_ OF_FINALLY_BLOCKImplemented
Parasoft Jtest
Include Page
Parasoft_V
Parasoft_V
CERT.ERR04.ARCF
CERT.ERR04.ATSF
Avoid using 'return's inside 'finally blocks if thare are other 'return's inside the try-catch block
Do not exit "finally" blocks abruptly
PVS-Studio

Include Page
PVS-Studio_V
PVS-Studio_V

V6051
SonarQube
Include Page
SonarQube_V
SonarQube_V
S1143Jump statements should not occur in "finally" blocks

Related Guidelines

MITRE CWE

CWE-459, Incomplete Cleanup
CWE-584, Return Inside finally Block

Bibliography

[Bloch 2005]

Puzzle 36. Indecision

[Chess 2007]

Section 8.2, "Managing Exceptions, The Vanishing Exception"

[JLS 2015]

§14.20.2, "Execution of try-finally and try-catch-finally"

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