Try...Catch...Finally Puzzle Part II

In the first version, I think that the people missed the interesting stuff. So here is a modified version, of the code. Remember, the real question is what to expect. It will compile, and run. The two examples are more interesting.

NOTE: This is not an example of how to do something right. This is absolutely the wrong way to handle exception handling in Java.

Main.java

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/*  * Copyright 2011 John Yeary <jyeary@bluelotussoftware.com>.  *  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  * You may obtain a copy of the License at  *  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  *  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and  * limitations under the License.  */ package com.bluelotussoftware.example.se;   /**  *  * @author John Yeary <jyeary@bluelotussoftware.com>  * @version 1.1  */ public class Main {       /**      * @param args the command line arguments      */     public static void main(String[] args) {         try {             throw new NullPointerException("NullPointerException 1");         } catch (NullPointerException e) {             throw new NullPointerException("NullPointerException 2");         } finally {           return;         }     } }

Main2.java

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/*  * Copyright 2011 John Yeary<jyeary@bluelotussoftware.com>.  *  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not  * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of  * the License at  *  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  *  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT  * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the  * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under  * the License.  */ package com.bluelotussoftware.example.se;   /**  *  * @author John Yeary<jyeary@bluelotussoftware.com>  * @version 1.0  */ public class Main2 {       /**      * @param args the command line arguments      */     public static void main(String[] args) {         try {             throw new NullPointerException("NullPointerException 1");         } finally {             return;         }     } }

Here is the NetBeans project for the code: FinallyReturn2.zip