Exception Handling

An exception is a run-time error.

Java exception handling is managed via five keywords: try, catch, throw, throws, and finally.

Program statements that might have exceptions are contained within a try block. The exception handler is coded using catch statement

To manually throw an exception, use the keyword throw. Any exception that is thrown out of a method must be specified by a throws clause.

Any code that would be executed regardless after a try block is put in a finally block.

This is the general form of an exception-handling block:


try { 
// block of code to monitor for errors 
} 
catch (ExceptionType1 exOb) { 
// exception handler for ExceptionType1 
}
catch (ExceptionType2 exOb) { 
// exception handler for ExceptionType2 
}
// ... 
finally { 
// block of code to be executed after try block ends 
}

Here, ExceptionType is the type of exception that has occurred.

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Exception Handler:
  1. Exception Handling
  2. Exception Types
  3. try and catch
  4. Displaying a Description of an Exception
  5. Multiple catch Clauses
  6. Nested try Statements
  7. Creates and throws an exception
  8. Methods with throws clause
  9. finally
  10. Java's Built-in Exceptions
  11. Creating Your Own Exception Subclasses
  12. Chained Exceptions