'return' inside 'finally' block

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports return statements inside of finally blocks.

While occasionally intended, such return statements may mask thrown exceptions and complicate debugging.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

ReturnInsideFinallyBlock
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Java | Error handling

Example:

try {
  foo();
} finally {
  if (bar()) return;
}

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Java, 243.23126