Throws(Exception handling)

[Jitendra Jha]

I have read that we have to use 'throws' to warn callers to methods about a
checked exception which the method throws.and it is compulsory in such cases.What is bothering me that,why don't we provide a throws clause when we are calling the 'sleep(int i)' method which throws an InterruptedException.

Please help

[Michael Lachenmaier]

I'm not sure to understand your question.
Could you provide some code example to clarify your point of view?

[Rachil Chandran]

You have to either catch an InterruptedException or declare throws while using Thread.sleep method.

If you do not want to catch and handle the exception in the method where you are using sleep, that particular methos has to declare a throws InterruptedException

i.e eihter

  public void method1
{
         try{
Thread.sleep(5000);
}  
        catch (InterruptedException ie){}
        }

or

   public void mthod1 throws InterruptedException
{
Thread.sleep(5000);
} 

[Campbell Ritchie]

There is another thread active at present about Exceptions here.

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