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Vyshak
Vyshak

Reputation: 136

Exception Handling Error

When a method throws an exception, it searches through the call stack to find a handler right? In that sense, why is there an error with exep.second();? even though i've caught the exception in method second(). Here's my code:

public class Exep {
void first()throws IOException{
    throw new IOException("device error");
}
void second()throws IOException{
    try{
        first();
    }catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println(e);
    }
}
public static void main(String args[]){
    Exep exep = new Exep();
    exep.second();
}

}

But the error disappears on adding throws IOException to the main(). Why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 106

Answers (4)

Tim Miller
Tim Miller

Reputation: 566

IOException is a checked exception, and so must be handled in some way. Adding throws IOException to main suppresses this behavior, but it is not good practice.

In second(), you catch all exceptions from first(), but you still include the throws IOException in the declaration of second(). This is not necessary, because you can guarantee that any exception thrown by first() will be caught and handled in second().

For more reading: Exceptions

Upvotes: 2

giraffesyo
giraffesyo

Reputation: 5342

You are telling the compiler that second() throws IOException, but when you call second() you aren't wrapping it in a try/catch block. If you want to leave it as is then you need to include a try catch block inside your main.

However, as you have it, you're never throwing an exception from inside of second() so you can remove the line throws IOException from there.

Upvotes: 1

Miljen Mikic
Miljen Mikic

Reputation: 15241

You explicitly declared that method second() throws an exception. Compiler is unaware that exception is actually being caught within a method. Move the catch part into main() and the error will disappear. Or even better, remove the throws statement since you are not throwing anything.

Upvotes: 1

Ratacand
Ratacand

Reputation: 130

If you declare void second() throws IOException and then you call the method in main, you need to catch the exception this method may throw, just like you did with the first() method. In that case you simply don't need the throws clause in second().

Upvotes: 1

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