What is the point of the finally block?

Question

Syntax aside, what is the difference between

try {
}
catch() {
}
finally {
    x = 3;
}

and

try {
}
catch() {
}

x = 3;
         


        

Answer 1

So you can clean up any open connections, etc. initialized in the try block. If you opened a connection and then an exception occurred, that exception would not be properly closed. This type of scenario is what the finally block is for.