main() method throws exception

[venkatesh pendharkar]

hi
I would like to know how come main() method can throws exception
eg.
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException
{
throw new InterruptedException();
}
if main() method throws exception then who catches it??JVM??Can anyone please explain me the logic behind it.

[Krishna Srinivasan]

If an exception is always handled using the throws clause, then eventually the exception will propagate all the way back to the main method of the application. If the main method throws the exception and the exception actually occurs while the program is running, then the program will crash.

See this link for more details : http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~cs302/io/Exceptions.html

[venkatesh pendharkar]

Thanks Krishna for your reply

[Cherry Singhal]

Hi krishna,
So that means nothing catches the exception?
& by crashing you mean we get a corresponding runtime exception?