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Example Program:
class NoExceptionHandling
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int a=10,b=20,c=0;
System.out.println("Before");
a=b+c;
a=b/c;
System.out.println("After");
}
}
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Exception Handling Fundamentals:
An exception is a run-time error.
An exception is an event that occurs during the execution of a program that
disrupts the normal flow of instructions.
An exception is an abnormal condition that arises in a code sequence at
run time.
An exception is a representation of an error condition or a situation that is
not the expected result of a method.
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Exception Handling Fundamentals:
Exceptions are built into the Java language and are available to all program
code.
A Java exception is an object that describes an exceptional condition that has
occurred in a piece of code
When an exceptional condition arises, an object representing that exception
is created and thrown in the method that caused the error
An exception can be caught to handle it or pass it on
Exceptions can be generated by the Java run-time system, or they can be
manually generated by your code
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Exception Handling Fundamentals:
Java exception handling is managed by five keywords:
try
catch
throw
throws
finally
Program statements to monitor are contained within a try block
If an exception occurs within the try block, it is thrown.
Code within catch block catch the exception and handle it.
System generated exceptions are automatically thrown by the Java run-time
system.
To manually throw an exception, use the keyword throw.
Any exception that is thrown out of a method must be specified as such by a
throws clause.
Any code that absolutely must be executed before a method returns is put in a
finally block.
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Example program: Simple try and catch
class TryDemo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int a=10,b=20,c=0; Output:-
System.out.println("Before try");
try
{
a=b+c;
a=b/c;
System.out.println("In try");
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("Exception caught");
}
System.out.println("After try");
}
} UNIT-III 7
Example program: Multiple catches
class TryCatchesDemo{
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
int a=10,b=20,c=0;
int n[ ]=new int[5];
System.out.println("Before try");
try Output:-
{
a=b+c;
a=b/c;
n[8]=30;
System.out.println("In try");
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
System.out.println("AIOOB Exception caught"+e);
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("Arithmetic Exception caught"+e);
}
System.out.println("After try");
}} UNIT-III 8
Example program: Multiple catches
class TryCatchesDemo{
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
int a=10,b=20,c=0;
int n[ ]=new int[5];
System.out.println("Before try");
try Output:-
{
a=b+c;
a=b/c;
n[8]=30;
System.out.println("In try");
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
System.out.println("AIOOB Exception caught"+e);
}
System.out.println("After try");
}
}
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Nested try Statements:
The try statements can be nested:
If an inner try does not catch a particular exception, the exception is
inspected by the outer try block, this continues until:
a) one of the catch statements succeeds or
b) all the nested try statements are exhausted
In the latter case, the Java run-time system will handle the exception.
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Example program: Nested try
class NestedTryDemo1{
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
int a=10,b=20,c=0;
System.out.println("Before try");
try { Output:-
a=b+c;
try {
a=b/c;
System.out.println("In inner try");
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("Arithmetic Exception caught");
}
System.out.println("In outer try");
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
System.out.println("AIOOB Exception caught");
}
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}}
Example program: Nested try
class NestedTryDemo2{
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
int a=10,b=20,c=0;
System.out.println("Before try");
try { Output:-
a=b+c;
try {
a=b/c;
System.out.println("In inner try");
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
System.out.println(" AIOOB Exception caught");
}
System.out.println("In outer try");
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println(" Arithmetic Exception caught");
}
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}}
Exception Sources:
Exceptions can be:
1) generated by the Java run-time system
Fundamental errors that violate the rules of the Java language
or the constraints of the Java execution environment.
2) manually generated by programmer’s code
Such exceptions are typically used to report some error
conditions to the caller of a method.
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Throwing Exceptions:
So far, we were only catching the exceptions thrown by the Java system.
In fact, a user program may throw an exception explicitly:
throw ThrowableInstance;
ThrowableInstance must be an object of type Throwable or its subclass.
Once an exception is thrown by: throw ThrowableInstance;
1) the flow of control stops immediately
2) the nearest enclosing try statement is inspected if it has a catch
statement that matches the type of exception:
a) if one exists, control is transferred to that statement
b) otherwise, the next enclosing try statement is examined
c) if no enclosing try statement has a corresponding catch clause, the
default exception handler halts the program and prints the stack
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Example program: throw
try
{
throw new ArithmeticException("demo");
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("Exception“+e);
}
try try
{ {
throw new NullPointerException("demo"); throw eObj;
} }
catch(NullPointerException e) catch(Exception e)
{ {
System.out.println("Exception“+e); System.out.println("Exception“+e);
} }
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finally Clause:
The try statement requires at least one catch or finally clause, although both
are optional:
try { … }
catch(Exception1 ex1) { … } …
finally { … }
Executed after try/catch whether or not the exception is thrown.
Any time a method is to return to a caller from inside the try/catch block via:
1) uncaught exception or
2) explicit return
the finally clause is executed just before the method returns.
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Example program: finally
void procA( ) { void procB( ) {
try { try {
System.out.println("inside procA"); System.out.println("inside procB");
throw new RuntimeException("demo"); return;
} }
finally { finally {
System.out.println("procA's finally"); System.out.println("procB's finally");
} }
} }
void procC( ) { void procD( ) {
try { try {
System.out.println("inside procC"); System.out.println("inside procD");
} throw new RuntimeException("demo");
finally { }
System.out.println("procC's finally"); catch(RuntimeException e) {
} System.out.println(“Caught”);
} }
finally {
System.out.println("procD's finally");
} }
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Exception Types:
All exceptions are instances of a class extended from Throwable class or its subclass.
Object
Throwable
Error Exception
RunTimeException
LinkageError ArithmeticException
IndexOutOfBoundsException
ThreadDeath StringIndexOutOfBoundsException
IllegalArguementException
VirtualMachineError NumberFormatException
IllegalAccessException
AWTError NoSuchMethodException
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Java Exception class hierarchy:
ClassNotFoundException
CloneNotSupportedException
Exception
IOException
ArithmeticException
AWTException
NullPointerException
RuntimeException
Object Throwable IndexOutOfBoundsException
…
NoSuchElementException
LinkageError
…
VirtualMachoneError
Error
AWTError
Checked
…
Unchecked
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Exception Types:
Java exceptions fall into two categories.
1. Checked exceptions
2. Unchecked exceptions
When a method throws a checked exception, the compiler checks that you
don’t ignore it.
On the other hand, the compiler does not require you to keep track of
unchecked exceptions.
All subclasses of RuntimeException are unchecked exceptions.
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Unchecked Built-In Exceptions:
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Unchecked Built-In Exceptions:
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Checked Built-In Exceptions:
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throws:
If a method is capable of causing an exception that it does not handle, it
must specify this behavior by the throws clause in its declaration:
type name(parameter-list) throws exception-list
{
…
}
where exception-list is a comma-separated list of all types of exceptions
that a method might throw.
All exceptions must be listed, otherwise a compile-time error occurs.
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throws: Example program1
class ThrowsDemo {
void m1( ) {
System.out.println("Inside m1.");
throw new IllegalAccessException("demo");
}
void m2( ) {
System.out.println("Inside m2.");
throw new ArithmeticException("demo");
}
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
ThrowsDemo t1=new ThrowsDemo( );
t1.m1( );
t1.m2( );
}
}
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throws: Example program1
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throws: Example program2
class ThrowsDemo1 {
void m1( ) throws IllegalAccessException {
System.out.println("Inside m1.");
throw new IllegalAccessException("demo");
}
void m2( ) {
System.out.println("Inside m2.");
throw new ArithmeticException("demo");
}
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
ThrowsDemo1 t1=new ThrowsDemo1( );
t1.m1( );
t1.m2( );
}
}
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throws: Example program2
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throws: Example program3
class ThrowsDemo2 {
void m1( ) throws IllegalAccessException {
System.out.println("Inside m1.");
throw new IllegalAccessException("demo");
}
void m2( ) {
System.out.println("Inside m2.");
throw new ArithmeticException("demo");
}
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
ThrowsDemo2 t1=new ThrowsDemo2( );
try{
t1.m1( );
}
catch(IllegalAccessException e)
{
System.out.println("Exception caught");
}
t1.m2( );
}
}
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throws: Example program3
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throws: Example program4
class ThrowsDemo3 {
void m1( ) throws IllegalAccessException {
System.out.println("Inside m1.");
throw new IllegalAccessException("demo");
}
void m2( ) {
System.out.println("Inside m2.");
throw new ArithmeticException("demo");
}
public static void main(String args[ ]) throws IllegalAccessException
{
ThrowsDemo3 t1=new ThrowsDemo3( );
t1.m1( );
t1.m2( );
}
}
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Creating Own Exception Classes:
Built-in exception classes handle some generic errors.
For application-specific errors define your own exception classes.
Define a subclass of Exception.
class MyException extends Exception { … }
MyException need not implement anything.
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Creating Own Exception Classes: Example program1
class RangeException extends Exception {
String name;
RangeException(String name1) {
name=name1;
}
public String toString( ) {
return "Exception:"+name+"RangeException";
}
}
class ExceptionDemo {
public static void main(String args[ ]) {
int i=10;
try {
if(i>=10)
throw new RangeException("first");
}
catch(RangeException e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
} UNIT-III 33
ChainedExceptions:
The chained exception feature allows you to associate another
exception with an exception.
This second exception describes the cause of the first exception.
To allow chained exceptions, Java 2, version 1.4 added two
constructors and two methods to Throwable.
Constructors:
Throwable(Throwable causeExc)
Throwable(String msg, Throwable causeExc)
Methods:
Throwable getCause( )
Throwable initCause(Throwable causeExc)
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ChainedExceptions: Example program1
class ChainedExceptionsDemo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
ArithmeticException e=new ArithmeticException();
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException a1=new
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException();
IllegalAccessException i1=new IllegalAccessException();
e.initCause(a1);
a1.initCause(i1);
try
{
throw e;
}
catch(ArithmeticException ae)
{
System.out.println(ae);
System.out.println(ae.getCause());
System.out.println(ae.getCause().getCause());
}
}
} UNIT-III 35
