Does a finally block always get executed in Java?

Question

Considering this code, can I be absolutely sure that the finally block always executes, no matter what something() is?

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Answer 1

This is because you assigned the value of i as 12, but did not return the value of i to the function. The correct code is as follows:

public static int test() {
    int i = 0;
    try {
        return i;
    } finally {
        i = 12;
        System.out.println("finally trumps return.");
        return i;
    }
}