finally caveat

Connection conn = null;
try {
	conn = openConnection();
	// do stuff
	exceprionThrower(); // throws SQLException()
}
finally {
	try {
		if (conn != null)
			conn.close();
	}
	catch(SomeException e) {} // nothing we can do
	// "swallow" SomeException exception so it doesnt get thrown out
	// the method throws SQLException() as expected
}