Is finally block really necessary for the clean up code (like closing streams)?

Question

I am very confused as to why do I need to need to put the clean-up code like closing streams in a finally block.

I\'ve read that the code in finally<

Answer 1

The finally block will always run if an uncaught exception is thrown, but the rest of the code in the method will be skipped.

So if you put clean-up code after the finally block, it won't get called if there is an exception.