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copied!<p>I prefer the second one. Why? If both <code>read()</code> and <code>close()</code> throw exceptions, one of them could be lost. In the first construction, the exception from <code>close()</code> overrides the exception from <code>read()</code>, while in the second one, the exception from <code>close()</code> is handled separately.</p> <hr> <p><strong>As of Java 7, the <a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/tryResourceClose.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">try-with-resources construct</a> makes this much simpler.</strong> To read without caring about exceptions:</p> <pre><code>try (FileReader fr = new FileReader("SomeFile.txt")) { fr.read(); // no need to close since the try-with-resources statement closes it automatically } </code></pre> <p>With exception handling:</p> <pre><code>try (FileReader fr = new FileReader("SomeFile.txt")) { fr.read(); // no need to close since the try-with-resources statement closes it automatically } catch (IOException e) { // Do exception handling log(e); // If this catch block is run, the FileReader has already been closed. // The exception could have come from either read() or close(); // if both threw exceptions (or if multiple resources were used and had to be closed) // then only one exception is thrown and the others are suppressed // but can still be retrieved: Throwable[] suppressed = e.getSuppressed(); // can be an empty array for (Throwable t : suppressed) { log(suppressed[t]); } } </code></pre> <p>Only one try-catch is needed and all exceptions can be safely handled. You can still add a <code>finally</code> block if you like, but there is no need to close the resources.</p>

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