Can we have try without catch block in java

In this post, we will see about can we have try without catch block in java.

Table of Contents

What happens when you have return statement in try block:
What happens if you have return statement in finally block too
What if exception is thrown in try block

Yes, we can have try without catch block by using finally block.

You can use try with finally. As you know finally block always executes even if you have exception or return statement in try block except in case of System.exit().

Lets understand with the help of example.

package org.arpit.java2blog;

public class TryWithoutCatchMain {

public static void main(String args[])

{

try

{

System.out.println("Executing try block");

}

finally

{

System.out.println("Executing finally block");

}

When you execute above program, you will get following output:

Executing try block

Executing finally block

What happens when you have return statement in try block:

If you have return statement in try block, still finally block executes.

package org.arpit.java2blog;

public class TryWithoutCatchMain {

public static void main(String args[])

{

System.out.println(print());

}

public static String print()

{

try

{

System.out.println("Executing try block");

return "Return from try block";

}

finally

{

System.out.println("Executing finally block");

}

When you execute above program, you will get following output:

Executing try block

Executing finally block

Return from try block

What happens if you have return statement in finally block too

It overrides whatever is returned by try block. Lets understand with the help of example:

package org.arpit.java2blog;

public class TryWithoutCatchMain {

public static void main(String args[])

{

System.out.println(print());

}

public static String print()

{

try

{

System.out.println("Executing try block");

return "Return from try block";

}

finally

{

System.out.println("Executing finally block");

return "Return from finally block";

}

When you execute above program, you will get following output:

Executing try block

Executing finally block

Return from finally block

What if exception is thrown in try block

If exception is thrown in try block, still finally block executes.

package org.arpit.java2blog;

public class TryWithoutCatchMain {

public static void main(String args[])

{

System.out.println(print());

}

public static int print()

{

try

{

throw new NullPointerException();

}

finally

{

System.out.println("Executing finally block");

}

When you execute above program, you will get following output:

Executing finally block

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException

at org.arpit.java2blog.TryWithoutCatchMain.print(TryWithoutCatchMain.java:14)

at org.arpit.java2blog.TryWithoutCatchMain.main(TryWithoutCatchMain.java:7)

As you can see that even if code threw NullPointerException, still finally block got executed.
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Can we have try without catch block in java

What happens when you have return statement in try block:

What happens if you have return statement in finally block too

What if exception is thrown in try block

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