try-with-resource – finally keyword error on Java 8 [closed]

I have the following code which yields me a “Syntax error, insert “Finally” to complete TryStatement”.

 private synchronized void writeDurationToFile(String sFileName, Date dtStartTime, long lDuration, String sStatus) {

    if(!sRHTimeStamp.isEmpty()) {

        String sFullPath = sFileName + "_" + sRHTimeStamp +  ".csv";

        try {

            if(!Paths.get(sFullPath).toFile().exists()) {

                try(    FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(sFullPath);
                        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(fw);)  {

                    pw.println("StarttEndtDuration");
                    pw.println(TimeUtils.getTimeStamp(true, dtStartTime) + "," + lDuration + "," + sStatus);
                }

            }else{

                try(FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(sFullPath, true); PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(fw);)  {

                    pw.println(TimeUtils.getTimeStamp(true, dtStartTime) + "," + lDuration + "," + sStatus);
                }
            }
        } //Here I get the error notification
    }
}

Why do I get this error, and how can I write it better to eliminate the duplication of

pw.println(TimeUtils.getTimeStamp(true, dtStartTime) + "," + lDuration
+ "," + sStatus);

but still use the “try-with-resource” implementation.

I based my code on http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-exception-handling/try-with-resources.html

Answer

Your larger try block is not a try-with-resources, but rather a standard try. It therefore needs to have either a catch or finally block added to it.