try and Finally giving exception with no return statement , but there is no exception when return statement is written in method

Question

Please explain why Exception comes in first program but not in second program.

1) without return statement in read method

class Example
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Answer 1

The reason is given in the Java Language Specification rules governing the execution of try/finally blocks. Essentially

• if the try block throws an exception E and the finally completes normally then the overall try/finally throws E
• if the try block throws E but the finally does not complete normally, then E is ignored and the overall try/finally "completes abruptly" for the reason arising from the finally block

An explicit return is considered abrupt rather than normal completion, so in your example 2 the return inside the finally masks the divide-by-zero exception raised by the try.