About Question enthuware.ocpjp.v7.2.1353 :

[tn1408]

Hello,
#4 is right, it will not compile if Statement is declared outside.
My question is Connection c is created outside. How come that is allowed?

Thanks,

Tony,

[admin]

Because c is not being managed by try-with-resources.

[vcheewei]

Quick question, do you think rs.getString(0) will execute without exception since column index starts with 1 and not 0?

[admin]

It should throw an SQLException as per http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/ap ... tring(int) if the columnIndex is invalid.

You should try it out.

[vcheewei]

Thanks admin, I actually read the documentation beforehand. So would that mean answer 2 is correct as well?

"It will throw an exception every time it is run irrespective of what the query returns."

[admin]

No, what will happen if the query returns 0 rows?

[supafly]

The statement at the end "(Assume that items not specified such as import statements and try/catch block are all valid.)" is misleading.

The try with resources statement is part of the try/catch block?

Cheers

[admin]

Not sure what you find misleading about it. It just means whatever is not specified i.e. whatever is not shown in the given code is valid. For example, the call to DriverManager.getConnection may throw an exception and so this line must either be wrapped in a try/catch block or a throws clause be used for the method in which this code is present.
It has nothing to do with what is shown in the given code.
-Paul.