Java: finally will always be executed

In Java there are always the little things which get you thinking :D

So the question is: will the finally part in a try and catch block be executed even after a return. This means, that a method will be left before the finally statement.

Lets try it out:

package me.kamwo.examples;

import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Created by kwozniak on 07.05.15.
 */
public class FinallyTest {

    @Test
    public void testFinally() {
        System.out.println("result: " + result());
    }

    public String result() {
        try {
            return "something";
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            System.out.println("Finally executed!");
        }
        return "Fail.";
    }
}

And here are the results:

Finally executed!
result: something

Conclusion

The finally block will always be executed even after a return statement.