Closing a Java FileInputStream

Question

Alright, I have been doing the following (variable names have been changed):

FileInputStream fis = null;
try
{
    fis = new FileInputStream(file);

    ...         


        

Answer 1

Something like the following should do it, up to you whether you throw or swallow the IOException on attempting to close the stream.

FileInputStream fis = null;
try
{
    fis = new FileInputStream(file);

    ... process ...


}
catch (IOException e)
{
    ... blah blah blah ...
}
finally
{
    try
    {
        if (fis != null)
            fis.close();
    }
    catch (IOException e)
    {
    }
}