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Throws Clause

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Agenda

1 Throws Clause

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Throws Clause

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Using throws
 Sometimes, a method is capable of causing an exception that it does
not handle

 Then, it must specify this behaviour so that callers of the method can
guard themselves against that exception

 While declaring such methods, you have to specify what type of


exception it may throw by using the throws keyword

 A throws clause specifies a comma-separated list of exception types


that a method might throw:
 type method-name( parameter list) throws exception-list

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Using throws (Contd.).
class ThrowsDemo{
static void throwOne(){
System.out.println("Inside throwOne.");
throw new FileNotFoundException();
}
public static void main(String args[]){
throwOne();
}
}
What happens when this code is
compiled ?

Compilation Error………why?

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Implementing throws
import java.io.*;
class ThrowsDemo{
static void throwOne() throws
FileNotFoundException{
System.out.println("Inside throwOne.");
throw new FileNotFoundException();
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
try{
throwOne();
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e){
System.out.println("Caught " + e);
}
}
}

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Rule governing overriding method with throws

 The overriding method must NOT throw checked


exceptions that are new or broader than those declared by
the overridden method

For eg : A method that declares(throws) an SQLException


cannot be overriden by a method that declares an
IOException, Exception or any other exception unless it is a
subclass of SQLException

 In other words, if a method declares to throw a given


exception, the overriding method in a subclass can only
declare to throw the same exception or its subclass

 This rule does not apply for unchecked exceptions

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Quiz
 What will be the result, if we try to compile the following
code (FileNotFoundException is a subclass of IOException)
import java.io.*;
class Super {
void m1() throws FileNotFoundException {
FileInputStream fx = new
FileInputStream("Super.txt");
}
Yes, it will throw compilation Error
}
class Sub extends Super {
void m1() throws IOException {
FileInputStream fx = new
FileInputStream("Sub.txt");
}
}
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Quiz (Contd.).
 What will be the result, if we try to compile the following code
(FileNotFoundException is a subclass of IOException)
import java.io.*;
class Super {
void m1() throws IOException {
FileInputStream fx = new
FileInputStream("Super.txt");
}
No Error! Compilation successful
}
class Sub extends Super {
void m1() throws FileNotFoundException {
FileInputStream fx = new FileInputStream("Sub.txt");
}
}

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Quiz (Contd.).

• What will be the result, if we try to compile the following code

class Super {
void m1() throws ArithmeticException {
int x = 100, y=0;
int z=x/y;
System.out.println(z);
}
} No Error! Compilation successful
class Sub extends Super {
void m1() throws NumberFormatException {
System.out.println("Wipro");
}
}
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Quiz (Contd.).
 What will be the result, if we try to compile the following code
(FileNotFoundException & SQLException are not related
hierarchically)
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
class Super {
void m1() throws FileNotFoundException {
FileInputStream fx = new FileInputStream("Super.txt");
}
It will throw compilation Error
}
class Sub extends Super {
void m1() throws SQLException {
FileInputStream fx = new FileInputStream("Sub.txt");
}
}
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Quiz (Contd.).
What will be the result, if we try to compile and execute the
following code
import java.io.*;
class Plane {
public Plane() throws IOException,
RuntimeException {
System.out.println(“Plane”);
}
}
class Jet extends Plane { }
public class Tester {
public static void main(String args[]) throws
IOException {
new Plane();
}
It will throw compilation Error
}

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Summary

In this session, you were able to :

 Learn about throws clause

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Thank You

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