What is Try Block?
The try block
contains a block of program statements within which an exception might occur. A
try block is always followed by a catch block, which handles the exception that
occurs in associated try block. A try block must followed by a Catch block or
Finally block or both.
Syntax of try block
try{
//statements that may cause an exception
}
What is Catch Block?
A catch block
must be associated with a try block. The corresponding catch block
executes if an exception of a particular type occurs within the try block.
For example if an arithmetic exception occurs in try block then the
statements enclosed in catch block for arithmetic exception executes.
Syntax of try catch in java
try
{
//statements that may cause an exception
}
catch (exception(type) e(object))
{
//error handling code
}
Flow of try catch block
1. If
an exception occurs in try block then the control of execution is passed to the
catch block from try block. The exception is caught up by the corresponding
catch block. A single try block can have multiple catch statements associated
with it, but each catch block can be defined for only one exception class. The
program can also contain nested try-catch-finally blocks.
2. After
the execution of all the try blocks, the code inside the finally block
executes. It is not mandatory to include a finally block at
all, but if you do, it will run regardless of whether an exception was thrown
and handled by the try and catch blocks.
An example of Try catch in Java
class Example1 {
public static void main(String args[]) {
int num1, num2;
try {
// Try block to handle code that may cause exception
num1 = 0;
num2 = 62 / num1;
System.out.println("Try block message");
} catch (ArithmeticException e) {
// This block is to catch divide-by-zero error
System.out.println("Error: Don't divide a number by zero");
}
System.out.println("I'm out of try-catch block in Java.");
}
}
Output:
Error: Don't divide a number by zero
I'm out of try-catch block in Java.
Multiple catch blocks in Java
1. A try block
can have any number of catch blocks.
2. A catch block that is written for catching the class Exception can catch all other exceptions
Syntax:
2. A catch block that is written for catching the class Exception can catch all other exceptions
Syntax:
catch(Exception e){
//This catch block catches all the exceptions
}
3. If multiple
catch blocks are present in a program then the above mentioned catch block
should be placed at the last as per the exception handling best practices.
4. If the try block is not throwing any exception, the catch block will be completely ignored and the program continues.
5. If the try block throws an exception, the appropriate catch block (if one exists) will catch it
–catch(ArithmeticException e) is a catch block that can catch ArithmeticException
–catch(NullPointerException e) is a catch block that can catch NullPointerException
6. All the statements in the catch block will be executed and then the program continues.
4. If the try block is not throwing any exception, the catch block will be completely ignored and the program continues.
5. If the try block throws an exception, the appropriate catch block (if one exists) will catch it
–catch(ArithmeticException e) is a catch block that can catch ArithmeticException
–catch(NullPointerException e) is a catch block that can catch NullPointerException
6. All the statements in the catch block will be executed and then the program continues.
Example of Multiple catch blocks
class Example2{
public static void main(String args[]){
try{
int a[]=new int[7];
a[4]=30/0;
System.out.println("First print statement in try block");
}
catch(ArithmeticException e){
System.out.println("Warning: ArithmeticException");
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
System.out.println("Warning: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException");
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Warning: Some Other exception");
}
System.out.println("Out of try-catch block...");
}
}
Output:
Warning: ArithmeticException
Out of try-catch block...
In the above
example there are multiple catch blocks and these catch blocks executes
sequentially when an exception occurs in try block. Which means if you put the
last catch block ( catch(Exception e)) at the first place, just after try
block then in case of any exception this block will execute as it has the ability to handle all exceptions.
This catch block should be placed at the last to avoid such situations.
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