Close a Writer in finally statement - Java Language Basics

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Close a Writer in finally statement

Demo Code

import java.io.*;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class ListOfNumbersTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ListOfNumbers list = new ListOfNumbers();
        list.writeList();//from w  w  w .  j av  a 2  s. c  o  m
    }
}

class ListOfNumbers {
    private List<Integer> list;
    private static final int SIZE = 10;

    public ListOfNumbers() {
        list = new ArrayList<Integer>(SIZE);
        for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
            list.add(new Integer(i));
    }

    public void writeList() {
        PrintWriter out = null;

        try {
            System.out.println("Entering try statement");
            out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("OutFile.txt"));

            for (int i = 0; i < SIZE; i++)
                out.println("Value at: " + i + " = " + list.get(i));
        } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
            System.err.println("Caught IndexOutOfBoundsException: "
                    + e.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Caught IOException: " + e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (out != null) {
                System.out.println("Closing PrintWriter");
                out.close();
            } else {
                System.out.println("PrintWriter not open");
            }
        }
    }
}

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Result


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