Exceptions

[Surya Bavirti]

how can i identify CheckedExceptions&UncheckedExceptions

[Campbell Ritchie]

To the Java Tutorials! There you find that unchecked Exceptions have RuntimeException (or Error) as a superclass, and checked Exceptions don't have RuntimeException (or Error) as a superclass.

[Gamini Sirisena]

Why would a programmer want to check this?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Because the compiler insists checked Exceptions be declared or caught, but it doesn't insist for unchecked Exceptions.
Because most unchecked Exceptions require corrections to the code if they occur.

[Surya Bavirti]

By seeing anexception, how can i identify wether the exception is a super class of RuntimeException? or not?i'm new to to Java

[Gamini Sirisena]

Campbell, I mean the last query Surya has posted.. why would Surya want to check this?

mmm.. sorry messed up..

I guessed that Surya wanted to check whether a Throwable object was of type Exception or Error or RuntimeException. What is the use of that to a programmer?
[ September 29, 2008: Message edited by: Gamini Sirisena ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

You don't usually test what type an Exception is; you usually try to anticipate it (if there is a checked Exception notified you must anticipate it). The throws clause of any methods you call or its Javadoc or both should tell you what sort of Exceptions it throws, and you set up appropriate catch blocks for those types, always starting with the most specific (subtype) and ending with the most general (supertype).

If you insist on testing the type of a specific Exception object you can use the instanceof operator

if (e instanceof RuntimeException)
    doSomething();
else
    doSomethingDifferent();

but I have never seen anything like that written, nor would I regard that as good programming.

[Surya Bavirti]

Thanks to Sirisena & Campbell.now i got an idea about Exceptions.

[Campbell Ritchie]

You're welcome