Try-with-resources scope of resource

Question

In the try-with-resources construct of Java 7, I can declare a resource in the try statement, and it will be closed autom

Answer 1

This syntax is called Extended try-with-resources

As per JLS:

try ResourceSpecification
    Block
Catchesopt
Finallyopt

Will be translated to:

try {
    try ResourceSpecification
        Block
}
Catchesopt
Finallyopt

So, in your example, your resource will be limited to inner try block, so not available for outer try/catch/finally.

EDIT:

my question does not have nested try blocks

By explicitly adding catch/finally block in your code, you are introducing nested try blocks.