How to Use try-with-resources in Java for Automatic Resource Management

Learn how Java’s try-with-resources simplifies resource management, prevents memory leaks, and improves code readability. Includes real-world examples for files, databases, and network connections.

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🚀 Why Use try-with-resources?

In Java, resources like files, database connections, and network sockets must be properly closed to prevent memory leaks and resource exhaustion.

❌ Manually closing resources is error-prone — Developers forget to close resources.
❌ Using finally makes code cluttered – Requires extra boilerplate code.
❌ Unclosed resources lead to memory leaks – Files, DB connections, and streams remain open.

💡 Solution? Java’s try-with-resources (introduced in Java 7) automatically closes resources…