Control Flow

The control flow is the path of execution through a program.

Related concepts:  SequenceConditionalLoop

Closest Wikipedia entry:  Control flow

Misconceptions about Control Flow

28 documented Misconceptions

CatchAlwaysExecutes

Catch blocks always get executed

CatchProvidesOptions

Only the part of a catch block necessary to fix the cause of an exception is executed

ConditionalIsSequence

If-else is equivalent to sequence of two ifs

DeferredReturn

A return statement in the middle of a method doesn't return immediately

ElsIf

There is an elsif keyword for multi-way conditional statements

ElseAlwaysExecutes

The else branch of an if-else statement always executes

ForIsConditional

The body of a for statement executes at most once

IfIsLoop

The body of an if statement executes repeatedly, as long as the condition holds

IfRequiresElse

Every if statement requires an else

LoopTerminatingCondition

For and while loops end when the condition becomes true

NoShortCircuit

&& and || always evaluate both operands

PreIncrementBeforeLoop

Pre-increment in update part of for loop means increment before loop body

RecursiveMethodNeedsIfElse

A recursive method needs to contain an if-else statement

TryCatchMandatory

When a piece of code can throw an exception, it must be surrounded with a try/catch block

TryFinishes

Exceptions get thrown at the end of the try block