Does finally always execute in Java?

I have a try/catch block with returns inside it. Will the finally block be called?
For example:
try {  
    something();  
    return success;  
}  
catch (Exception e) {   
    return failure;  
}  
finally {  
    System.out.println("i don't know if this will get printed out.");
}
I know I can just type this in an see what happens (which is what I'm about to do, actually) but when I googled for answers nothing came up, so I figured I'd throw this up as a question.


Solution:

finally will be called.
The only times finally won't be called are:
  1. if you call System.exit() or
  2. if the JVM crashes first
  3. if there is an infinite loop in the try block
  4. if the power turns off


http://stackoverflow.com/questions/65035/does-finally-always-execute-in-java

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