Is That true About Throws Exception ??

[Matt Swaggi]

Whenever the program does not want to handle exception using try block it can use the throws clause,can you explain more about throws !

[Sagar Rohankar]

throws clause comes with method,

when any method performing any operation which throws any "Exception" (Checked or unchecked), either you can handle inside that same method body , using try {...} catch block OR simply "throws" that "Exception" to caller method !!

like,

public void methodWhithThrows() throws Exception
{
// some IO operation which throw IOException
// you need not to handle this exception here
// because you already mentioned it that , this
// method "throws" any exception to caller method
}

Hope this clarifies the things !

[Mark Vedder]

The Java Tutorial's section on exceptions might help you understand this. It explains in a bit more detail then we could here.

In a nutshell, re-throwing an exception simply means that instead of handling it, the code is going to let who ever called it handle it. Eventually though, it needs to be handled by a catch block. So say MethodOne calls MethodTwo, and MethodTwo calls MethodThree, and MethodThree can throw a BigMistakeException. MethodTwo can either handle that exception via a catch block, or rethrow it by declaring that it throws a BigMistakeException. Now MethodOne must either handle the exception, or rethrow it.

This is done so the Exception can be handled in the best place possible; the place where the best decision about what to do can be made.

Be sure to take a look at the tutorial; there's a lot more to it than my simple summary.

[Matt Swaggi]

Thank you Sir !

[edit]Get rid of CAPITALS. CR[/edit]
[ July 18, 2008: Message edited by: Campbell Ritchie ]