cogman10 • yesterday at 3:42 PM

You'd write it like this

    void bar() {
      try (var f = foo()) {
        doMoreHappyPath(f);
      }
      catch(IOException ex) {
        handleErrors();
      }
    }

    File foo() throws IOException {
      File f = openFile();
      doHappyPath(f);
      if (badThing) {
        throw new IOException("Bad thing");
      }
      return f;
    }

That said, I think this is a bad practice (IMO). Generally speaking I think the opening and closing of a resource should happen at the same scope.

Making it non-local is a recipe for an accident.

*EDIT* I've made a mistake while writing this, but I'll leave it up there because it demonstrates my point. The file is left open if a bad thing happens.