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1Z0-829 Controlling Program Flow Practice Question
Order the steps to properly handle resources using try-with-resources in Java.
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Correct answer & explanation
Step 1: Declare and initialize resources in the try-with-resources parentheses. Step 2: Use the resources in the try block. Step 3: Resources are automatically closed in reverse order of declaration.
try-with-resources ensures each resource is closed at the end of the statement. Resources are closed in the opposite order they were created.
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Step 1: Declare and initialize resources in the try-with-resources parentheses. Step 2: Use the resources in the try block. Step 3: Resources are automatically closed in reverse order of declaration.
Why this is correct
This is the correct order because try-with-resources requires resources to be declared in the try header, then used in the try block, and they are closed automatically in the reverse order of their declaration to handle dependencies correctly.
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Step 1: Use resources in try block. Step 2: Declare resources in try-with-resources. Step 3: Resources are closed in declaration order.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because resources must be declared before use, and they are closed in reverse order, not declaration order.
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Step 1: Declare resources in try-with-resources. Step 2: Close resources manually in a finally block. Step 3: Use resources in try block.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because try-with-resources automatically closes resources; a manual finally block is not needed and using resources before closing is wrong.
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Step 1: Use resources in try block. Step 2: Declare resources in try-with-resources. Step 3: Resources are closed automatically in declaration order.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because resources must be declared before use, and the automatic closure order is reverse of declaration, not the same order.
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