Exception handling

[Harjit Singh]

Hi there,

I have a situation where I have a for loop and I'm processing some files from a list in it. I need to continue processing files even if there is a exception. How can I do that. Is there a better way to do that

Thanks

- Harjit

[Devesh H Rao]

Originally posted by Harjit Singh:
Hi there,

I have a situation where I have a for loop and I'm processing some files from a list in it. I need to continue processing files even if there is a exception. How can I do that. Is there a better way to do that

Thanks

- Harjit

Do not know if I got you right but you can do this...

  
 
File f = null;
 
for(.....){
  try{
    f = new File("");
    // rest of processing.....
  }
  catch(){
   // log exception and do recovery or whatever you need to do here
  }
}
 

Is this what you were looking for...?

[Kaydell Leavitt]

... I agree, but want to add that you may also want a "finally" block. For example, you probably want to always try to close() the File object.

Kaydell

[Harjit Singh]

Isn't that a bad practice to have a try {} inside a for loop or any of the loops ?

- Harjit

[Bill Cruise]

Harjit,

Generally speaking, no, it isn't a bad practice at all. If you want to log the error in accessing or processing a single file then move on to the next one, this is the right way to do it.