How to return the detail message string of a custom exception

[Eduardo Hernandez]

I have written a custom exception and invoking the getMessage() method inherited from java.lang.Throwable doesn't return the detail message string.

The following is my custom exception code:

public class MyException extends Exception {
   public MyException() {
   }
   public MyException(String message) {
      super(message);
   }
}

The MyException(String) constructor calls super(message) to construct a throwable with the specified detail message. If I do call printStackTrace() method on a MyException reference it does print the stacktrace along with the detail message:

MyException: My Message
at exTest.check(exTest.java:13)
at exTest.main(exTest.java:5)

The getMessage() method doesn't return the detail message. The following is the test class:

public class exTest {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      exTest et = new exTest();
      try {
         et.check();
      } catch (MyException me) {
         me.printStackTrace();
         me.getMessage();
      }
   }

   public void check() throws MyException {
      throw new MyException("My Message"); 
   }
}

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

You call "getMessage()" to retrieve the message, but you don't print it, so the method call has no visible effect. Try

System.out.println(me.getMessage());

[Eduardo Hernandez]

wow.. I'm just here laughing of myself... how I didn't figure it out haha! Thanks!