Question

Is there a built-in way to determine in a finally block whether or not you just came out of a catch block? I know this can easily be done with a variable like below, but I was just curious if there was a standard, built-in way of doing this.

boolean bException = false;
try
{
    dbf = new DBFunctions();
    dbf.db_run_query(query2);
    dbf.rs.next();
    nMonth = dbf.rs.getInt("calquarter") * 3;
    nYear = dbf.rs.getInt("calyear");

}
catch (SQLException sqle)
{
    out.println(sqle.toString());
    bException = true;
}
finally
{
    dbf.closeConnection();
    if (bException == true)
        return;
}

Update: Here are the contents of the closeConnection() method, which is just trying to close all of the database objects:

public void closeConnection()
{

    if (rs != null)
    {
        try { rs.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { ; }
        rs = null;
    }

    if (stmt != null)
    {
        try { stmt.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { ; }
        stmt = null;
    }

    if (con != null)
    {           
        try { con.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { ; }
        con = null;
    }



}

Answer 1

Not as far as I know. In this case, however, you might be better off by simply putting the return inside the catch block. The finally block will still be run.