Could a final variable be reassigned in catch, even if assignment is last operation in try?

Question

I am quite convinced that here

final int i;
try { i = calculateIndex(); }
catch (Exception e) { i = 1; }

i cannot possibly have

Answer 1

Not quite as clean (and I suspect what you are already doing). But this only adds 1 extra line.

final int i;
int temp;
try { temp = calculateIndex(); }
catch (IOException e) { temp = 1; }
i = temp;