Re: throwing exceptions

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From: Darryl L. Pierce
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:09

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In comp.lang.java.help .Saphyr <saphyr@infomaniak.ch> wrote:
>> hal.openPodBayDoors();
>> try {
>>     pod.enter();
>> }
>> catch (CannotEnterPodException e) {
>>     hal.closePodBayDoors();
>>     throw e;
>> }
> 
> 
> My question might sound basic but whats the point
> with the 'finally' statement ? Shouldn't it be used
> specifically for those cases ?

No. You may only want to close the pod bay doors if there's a problem
while trying to open them. Finally will _always_ execute; catch() will
only execute on an exception...

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From: "Darryl L. Pierce" <mcpierce@softhome.net>
Subject: Re: throwing exceptions
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