Exceptions

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 What is Exception Handling?
The Exception Handling in Java is one of the
powerful mechanism to handle the runtime
errors so that normal flow of the application
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can be maintained.
Dictionary Meaning: Exception is an
abnormal condition.

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 try and catch
The try statement allows you to define
a block of code to be tested for errors
while it is being executed.

4 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:

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 Finally
The finally statement lets you execute code, 3
after try...catch, regardless of the result:

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 throw keyword

The throw statement allows you

Method Description
reads the next byte of data from the
public abstract int
read()throws IOException
input stream. It returns -1 at the end of
the file.
public int available()throws
returns an estimate of the number of
bytes that can be read from the current
IOException
input stream.
public void close()throws
is used to close the current input stream.
IOException
to create a custom error.
The throw statement is used
together with an exception type.
There are many exception types
available in Java:
ArithmeticException,
ClassNotFoundException,
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExcep
tion, SecurityException,
etc.

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