static method and exception

[arjun rampal]

I have file which is reading from file and deleting it.
delete is done by static method.
now i need to do like this if file is empty it should throw exception and delte the file.
so i added else like this
else{

throw new empty("Empty");
}
but it is only thorowing exception not deleting file.as that static code is unreachable after throwing exception.
any idea

[John Kelty]

If I understand right, you want to delete the file whether or not you throw an exception. Try placing the file delete logic in a finally {} block.

--John

[Greg Charles]

Or, find out if the file is empty and save that into a boolean variable. Then delete the file, then take any action based on the boolean that you think is appopriate.