Question on assertion error

public class Testdemo
{
static void test() throws Error
{
if (true) throw new AssertionError();
System.out.print("test" );
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
test();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.out.print("exception"); }
System.out.print("elld");
}

}
}

When i compile i get this
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError
at testdemo.test(testdemo.java:21)
at testdemo.main(testdemo.java:28)

Can someone expalin me this

10 .public class testdemo
{
11. static void test() throws RuntimeException {
12. try {
13. System.out.print(�test �);
14. throw new RuntimeException();
15. }
16. catch (Exception ex) { System.out.print(�exception �); }
17. }
18. public static void main(String[] args) {
19. try { test(); }
20. catch (RuntimeException ex) { System.out.print(�runtime �); }
21. System.out.print(�end �);
22. }
23.}

When i used thios it gives me o/p test exception end
Can you please expalin me the difference the two .

AssertionError IS-A java.lang.Error

java.lang.Object
extended by java.lang.Throwable
extended by java.lang.Error
extended by java.lang.AssertionError

RuntimeException IS-A java.lang.Exception

java.lang.Object
extended by java.lang.Throwable
extended by java.lang.Exception
extended by java.lang.RuntimeException

Hii Dinesh..
Exception and Error are subclasses of Throwable...
and AssertionError is subclass of Error...
In your code, test method throws AssertionError(subclass of Error)..but not handeling that using catch....so, that exception is propagated to the main method...(as main is calling test)
now in main method you call test in try block...but you are catching Exception...so it cant't find the matching catch block...
so main threads default exception handler prints the message that you see as the output....

So what i need to change to avoid expection.
Can you suggest on it

Originally posted by Dinesh Tahiliani:
So what i need to change to avoid expection.
Can you suggest on it

Dinesh,
Instead of catching "Exception" you need to catch "Error"
Hope your problem got resolved now.

-Thanks & Regards,
Hamsa