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Try Catch

The try...catch block allows Java code to handle exceptions and errors gracefully. The try block defines code that might cause an error, while the catch block defines what code should execute if an error occurs in the try block. Finally, the throw keyword allows a program to manually create and throw custom exceptions.

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Try Catch

The try...catch block allows Java code to handle exceptions and errors gracefully. The try block defines code that might cause an error, while the catch block defines what code should execute if an error occurs in the try block. Finally, the throw keyword allows a program to manually create and throw custom exceptions.

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Java Exceptions - 

Try...Catch
Java Exceptions
When executing Java code, different errors can occur:
coding errors made by the programmer, errors due to
wrong input, or other unforeseeable things.
When an error occurs, Java will normally stop and
generate an error message. The technical term for this
is: Java will throw an exception (throw an error).
Java try and catch
✔ The try statement allows you to define a block of code to be tested for errors
while it is being executed.

✔ The catch statement allows you to define a block of code to be executed, if an


error occurs in the try block.

✔ The try and catch keywords come in pairs:


Syntax

try {
// Block of code to try
}
catch(Exception e) {
// Block of code to handle errors
}
Example
This will generate an error, because myNumbers[10] does not exist.

public class Main {


public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] myNumbers = {1, 2, 3};
System.out.println(myNumbers[10]);
}
}

Output:
Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 10
at MyClass.main(MyClass.java:4)
Try and Catch
If an error occurs, we can use try...catch to catch the error and execute some code to handle it:

public class Main {


public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
int[] myNumbers = {1, 2, 3};
System.out.println(myNumbers[10]);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong.");
}
}
}
Output:
Something went wrong.
Finally
The finally statement lets you execute code, after try...catch, regardless of the result:

public class Main {


public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
int[] myNumbers = {1, 2, 3};
System.out.println(myNumbers[10]);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong."); Output:
} finally { Something went wrong.
The 'try catch' is
System.out.println("The 'try catch' is finished."); finished.
}
}
}
The throw keyword
The throw statement allows you to create a custom error.

The throw statement is used together with an exception type.

There are many exception types available in Java:


ArithmeticException, FileNotFoundException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityExcept
ion, etc:
Example
Throw an exception if age is below 18 (print "Access denied").
If age is 18 or older, print "Access granted":

public class Main {


static void checkAge(int age) {
if (age < 18) {
throw new ArithmeticException("Access denied - You must
be at least 18 years old.");
} else {
System.out.println("Access granted - You are old enough!");
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {


checkAge(15); Output:
} Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArithmeticException: Access denied - You must be
at least 18 years old.
} at Main.checkAge(Main.java:4)
at Main.main(Main.java:12)
Example

If age was 20, you would not get an exception:


Example.
checkAge(20);
The output will be:
Access granted - You are old enough!

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