I am trying to get a better handle on exceptions in constructors. I have listed the code from an example in Bruce Eckel's Thinking in
Java. In class StormyInning the default constructor lists that it throws RainedOut and BaseballException. I see that the BaseballException comes from the abstract class Inning's default constructor. The interface Storm does not have a default constructor. Has the RainedOut exception (listed in the default constructor for StormyInning)just been added as a new exception or is it required? If it is required where does this come from? The text from this section is not clear enough for me to get this. Thanks.
//: StormyInning.java
// Overridden methods may throw only the
// exceptions specified in their base-class
// versions, or exceptions derived from the
// base-class exceptions.
class BaseballException extends Exception {}
class Foul extends BaseballException {}
class Strike extends BaseballException {}
abstract class Inning {
Inning() throws BaseballException {}
void event () throws BaseballException {
// Doesn't actually have to throw anything
}
abstract void atBat() throws Strike, Foul;
void walk() {} // Throws nothing
}
class StormException extends Exception {}
class RainedOut extends StormException {}
class PopFoul extends Foul {}
interface Storm {
void event() throws RainedOut;
void rainHard() throws RainedOut;
}
public class StormyInning extends Inning
implements Storm {
// OK to add new exceptions for constructors,
// but you must deal with the base constructor
// exceptions:
StormyInning() throws RainedOut,
BaseballException {}
StormyInning(
String s) throws Foul,
BaseballException {}
// Regular methods must conform to base class:
//! void walk() throws PopFoul {} //Compile error
// Interface CANNOT add exceptions to existing
// methods from the base class:
//! public void event() throws RainedOut {}
// If the method doesn't already exist in the
// base class, the exception is OK:
public void rainHard() throws RainedOut {}
// You can choose to not throw any exceptions,
// even if base version does:
public void event() {}
// Overridden methods can throw
// inherited exceptions:
void atBat() throws PopFoul {}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
StormyInning si = new StormyInning();
si.atBat();
} catch(PopFoul e) {
} catch(RainedOut e) {
} catch(BaseballException e) {}
// Strike not thrown in derived version.
try {
// What happens if you upcast?
Inning i = new StormyInning();
i.atBat();
// You must catch the exceptions from the
// base-class version of the method:
} catch(Strike e) {
} catch(Foul e) {
} catch(RainedOut e) {
} catch(BaseballException e) {}
}
} ///:~
