New/strange Java "try()" syntax?
- by Ali
While messing around with the custom formatting options in Eclipse, in one of the sample pieces of code, I say code as follows:
/**
* 'try-with-resources'
*/
class Example {
void foo() {
try (FileReader reader1 = new FileReader("file1"); FileReader reader2 = new FileReader("file2")) {
}
}
}
I've never seen try used like this and I've been coding in Java for 9 years! Does any one know why you would do this? What is a possible use-case / benefit of doing this?
An other pieces of code I saw, I thought was a very useful shorthand so I'm sharing it here as well, it's pretty obvious what it does:
/**
* 'multi-catch'
*/
class Example {
void foo() {
try {
} catch (IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException | ClassCastException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
