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"Try, catch, and finally" block in Java

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The try, catch, and finally block in Java is used to handle exceptions in the Java language. Finally is used to implement something specific in the code; it is not dependent on the try-catch block and is always implemented.

To handle exceptions, a programmer creates three blocks based on three scenarios:

Scenario 1: In this scenario, the exception occurs in the try block and is dealt with in the catch block.
Scenario 2: In this scenario, the exception occurs in the try block and is not dealt with in the catch block.
Scenario 3: No exception occurs in the try block.

class main  
{ 
    public static void main (String[] args)  
    {    
      
        int[] myArr = new int[10]; 
        try
        { 
            int i = myArr[10]; // exception occurs array assigned to int variable.
            
            //this statement never executes                  
            System.out.println("Program is inside the try block"); 
        } 
        catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ex) 
        { 
            System.out.println("Exception has been caught in the catch block"); 
        } 
       finally
        { 
            System.out.println("Now the finally block is executed"); 
        } 
          
        // rest of the program will be executed 
        System.out.println("Program is outside the try-catch-finally clause"); 
    } 
}

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