Code reviewHardcr-g323

Subject Error handlingLevel Mid–Senior~20 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Java method that writes a record through a stream and closes it in finally.

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Separate real bugs from style. Rank issues by severity, point at the root cause rather than the symptom, and suggest a concrete fix — specific and kind.

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Code to reviewjava

1void persist(Record rec, OutputStream raw) throws IOException {2    BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(raw);3    try {4        out.write(serialize(rec));5    } finally {6        out.close();7    }8}

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