Exception object not supported by println method

[Raman Ghai]

Hi there,
I have created a simple java program as shown below:

public class Check {
  public static void main(String args[]){
      int a = 1 ;
      int b = 0 ;
      int c ;
      try{
       c = a / b ;
       System.out.println(c);
      }
      catch(Exception e){
          System.out.println(e);
      }     
  }      
}

I should get an exception . However Netbeans IDE gives the following error on line 11 :

no suitable method found for println(java.lang.Exception)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(java.lang.Object) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to java.lang.Object by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(java.lang.String) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to java.lang.String by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(char[]) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to char[] by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(double) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to double by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(float) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to float by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(long) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to long by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(int) is not applicable
      (actual argument java.lang.Exception cannot be converted to int by method invocation conversion)
    method java.io.PrintStream.println(char) is not applicab...

Netbeans IDE version : 7.0.1
JDK version : jdk1.6.0_03

Please help me resolve this error....

[Jeff Verdegan]

You've either got a corrupt installation or a messed up configuration. What happens when you compile on the command line?

[Raman Ghai]

Jeff Verdegan wrote:You've either got a corrupt installation or a messed up configuration. What happens when you compile on the command line?

No errors at compilation
Exception at runtime : java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

[Jeff Verdegan]

Parminder Ghai wrote:

Jeff Verdegan wrote:You've either got a corrupt installation or a messed up configuration. What happens when you compile on the command line?

No errors at compilation
Exception at runtime : java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

Then there's something wrong with your NB installation or configuration.

[Raman Ghai]

Jeff Verdegan wrote: Then there's something wrong with your NB installation or configuration.

That's what I want to figure out . Should I update the JDK?

[Jeff Verdegan]

Parminder Ghai wrote:

Jeff Verdegan wrote: Then there's something wrong with your NB installation or configuration.

That's what I want to figure out . Should I update the JDK?

I don't know. I cant see your system, and I'm not a NB expert. The JDK appears to be fine, so more likely you should reconfigure or reinstall NB. However, it may be that updating the JDK and then pointing NB at that new JDK will cure it of whatever problems it's having with its configuration.

[Raman Ghai]

Jeff Verdegan wrote: it may be that updating the JDK and then pointing NB at that new JDK will cure it of whatever problems it's having with its configuration.

It actually worked . I downloaded the new JDK and changed the project libraries .
Thanks for replying ..

[Chandraprakash Sarathe]

java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

Class ArithmeticException doesn't override toString() method, then how come message "/ by zero" gets printed ? Can anyone explain this ?
Is it the method toString() from Throwable gets called ?

[Rob Spoor]

Indeed, and this returns the class name followed by a colon and the exception's message from its toString() method (or just the class name if there is a null message). This message ("/ by zero") is set by the JVM when it encounters an integer division by 0.

[Campbell Ritchie]

You will have to learn your way around the API documentation. If you click on that link for the exception you quoted, you find “toString” under the heading of inherited from Throwable,