about try and finally

[Gnome986]

code here:

import java.io.*;
public class Try
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
try
{
FileReader in = new FileReader( "no_exist_file" );
}
finally
{
System.out.println( "error" );
}
}
}

here i use finally to catch the exception,but why compiler will occur error and tell me FileNotFoundException didn't be catch?

[marilyn murphy]

>unreported exception java.io.FileNotFoundException; must be
>caught or declared to be thrown

>FileReader in = new FileReader( "no_exist_file" );

If you do not "catch" the exception, you must declare that you did not just *forget* to catch it. You must either "catch" or throw it. "finally" is not sufficient for that purpose.

Please re-register.

[Muhammad Farooq]

Is it true that checked exception should either be declare as "throws" in the method header or catch specifically with that type of Exception(or with Exception as superclass of all exception)? Why finally is not sufficient enough to handle Exceptions?
--Farooq
[This message has been edited by Muhammad Farooq (edited August 28, 2001).]

[Johannes de Jong]

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Thanks