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sau123
sau123

Reputation: 352

In a finally block, can I tell what exception has been thrown?

In a finally block, can I tell what exception has been thrown?

I understand, that we can verify in a finally block if an exception had been thrown.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1596

Answers (2)

Keaz
Keaz

Reputation: 985

catch block and finally are 2 different scopes . The exception caught in the catch block is not visible to finally block. You can use the Alexander answer to print the exception in the finally block.

Upvotes: 0

Alexander
Alexander

Reputation: 63157

I can't envision a situation in which this would ever a sensible thing to do, but you can try something like this:

class Main {
    public static void throwsException() throws Exception {
        throw new Exception();  
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Exception caughtException = null;

        try {
            throwsException();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            caughtException = e;
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally {
            System.out.println(caughtException);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 6

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