April 2, 2025
April 10, 2022
AutoCloseable (Java SE 23 & JDK 23) in Java with Examples.
You will find code samples for most of the AutoCloseable methods.
Summary
An object that may hold resources (such as file or socket handles) until it is closed. The close() method of an AutoCloseable object is called automatically when exiting a try-with-resources block for which the object has been declared in the resource specification header.
class Sample implements AutoCloseable {
@Override
public void close() {
System.out.println("close : called!");
}
public void print() {
System.out.println("print!");
}
}
// The close() method of an AutoCloseable object is called automatically
// when exiting a try-with-resources block.
try (final var sample = new Sample()) {
sample.print();
}
System.out.println("end!");
// Result
// ↓
//print!
//close : called!
//end!
try (final var sample = new Sample()) {
throw new IllegalStateException();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
System.out.println("IllegalStateException!");
}
// Result
// ↓
//close : called!
//IllegalStateException!
Methods
void close ()
Closes this resource, relinquishing any underlying resources.
final var file = Path.of("R:", "java-work", "test.txt");
System.out.println(file); // R:\java-work\test.txt
try (final var writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(file)) {
writer.write("abcd");
}
final var str = Files.readString(file);
System.out.println(str); // abcd
final var url = URI.create("http://example.com").toURL();
try (final var reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()))) {
reader.lines().forEach(System.out::println);
}
// Result
// ↓
//<!doctype html>
//<html>
//<head>
// <title>Example Domain</title>
// ...
//</html>
final var file = Path.of("R:", "java-work", "test.txt");
// An example without a try-with-resources statement.
final var writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(file);
try {
writer.write("abcd");
} finally {
writer.close();
}
final var str = Files.readString(file);
System.out.println(str); // abcd