Is a finally block without a catch block a java anti-pattern?

Question

I just had a pretty painful troubleshooting experience in troubleshooting some code that looked like this:

try {
   doSomeStuff()
   doMore()
} finally {
            


        

Answer 1

I think that try with no catch is anti-pattern. Using try/catch to handle exceptional conditions (file IO errors, socket timeout, etc) is not an anti-pattern.

If you're using try/finally for cleanup, consider a using block instead.