throws RuntimeException

[Alfred Kemety]

Given that method aMethod() throws BaseException, SubException and RuntimeException of the following exception hierarchy
java.lang.Exception | + - - BaseException | + - - SubException | + - - java.lang.RuntimeException
Which of the following are legal
A. public class MyClass {
public void myMethod(){ aMethod(); }}
B. public class MyClass{
public void myMethod() throws BaseException,RuntimeException{ aMethod();}}
C. public class MyClass{
public void myMethod() throws BaseException{
aMethod();}}
D. public class MyClass{
public void myMethod() throws Exception{ aMethod(); }}
E. public class MyClass{
public void myMethod() throws RuntimeException { aMethod();}}
Answer is C, D
Why isn't B legal???

[Mocha D'Late]

Here is my take : the order of the exception classes in throws matters. BaseException is 'broader' than RuntimeException, so need to be in reverse order :
public class MyClass{
public void myMethod() throws RuntimeException{ aMethod();}}

[Ron Newman]

The order doesn't matter. Furthermore, the following program compiles without error, so B is correct. Why do you say it isn't?

class BaseException extends Exception{}
class SubException extends BaseException{}
public class MyClass{ 
  public void myMethod() throws BaseException,RuntimeException
    { aMethod();}
    
  void aMethod() throws BaseException, SubException, RuntimeException 
    {}
}

[ October 27, 2002: Message edited by: Ron Newman ]

[Alfred Kemety]

It's not me that say it isn't.. the mock exam at this URL says it isn't..
http://valiveru.tripod.com/java/jvaltest.html
One more question, Are objects of java.lang.Math immutable?? Actually are there objects of java.lang.Math?? I know it can't be instantiated, or shall I consider that a Math object can be of actual type Integer or Long and then I can say that objects of java.lang.Math are immutable??
how about java.lang.Object? is it immutable too?

[Ron Newman]

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You can't instantiate an object of type Math, so it doesn't really matter whether it is immutable or not. Integer and Long are not subclasses of Math, they are subclasses of Number.
I don't think it's meaningful to say that Object is immutable or mutable.

[Alfred Kemety]

Ops, missed with Math and Number, but one of the questions was asking which classes are immutable, and Object and Math was in the choices, so I was wondering