Question

We know that no matter whether an exception is thrown, or caught and handled it, the finally block will get executed, So I was curious that is there any possibility that finally block will not executed.

And if System.exit() is called either in try or catch, then also will the finally gets called?

Answer 1

If the JVM exits while the try or catch code is being executed, then the finally block may not execute. Likewise, if the thread executing the try or catch code is interrupted or killed, the finally block may not execute even though the application as a whole continues.

Source: java.sun.com: Java Tutorial: The finally Block