Code RoomFlush error swallowed in finally
HardPrep Room Coding #1955

Flush error swallowed in finally

Code reviewCode quality & reviewMid–Senior~20 min

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

What a strong answer looks like

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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Mark a line and say what kind of problem it is.0 findings
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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