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Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)?

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On 4/21/2011 3:13 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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> Hi,
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> In some cases, I need to make a System.exit(1) in my program. However,
> a file has been opened some time before, and it has not been yet
> closed. Do I need to close it for good practice? How is it handled by
> Java if I don't close the file?
>
> (By `closing the file,' I mean that I've got
> BufferedReader inputFile = new BufferedReader(new
> FileReader(inputFilename))
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> at some moment, and that, later, I can do
>
> inputFile.close();
> .)
>

I don't think it matters for input files. A buffered output file may
lose data if you exit or the program finishes without first doing a
close or flush on it.

Patricia

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Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> - 2011-04-22 00:13 +0200
  Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-04-22 00:11 +0100
    Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? rossum <rossum48@coldmail.com> - 2011-04-22 12:39 +0100
      Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-22 05:09 -0700
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          Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> - 2011-04-23 13:20 +0200
    Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? Merciadri Luca <Luca.Merciadri@student.ulg.ac.be> - 2011-04-22 16:37 +0200
  Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-04-22 04:55 -0700
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                Re: Good practice or not to close the file before System.exit(1)? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-04-22 22:10 -0400
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