Java Packages,

Parsing and
Exception handling

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LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the session, the students should be
able to:
• Design, implement, test and debug a program in
JAVA that uses each of the following fundamental
programming construct: basic computation, simple
I/O and basic error handling
• able to import specific packages
• apply different parsing techniques
• produce an error handling functionality on our
program
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Java Packages
• Packages are used in Java in order to prevent naming
conflicts, to control access, to make searching/locating and
usage of classes, interfaces, enumerations and annotations
easier, etc.

• A Package can be defined as a grouping of related

types(classes, interfaces, enumerations and annotations )
providing access protection and name space management.
Some of the existing packages in Java are:
java.lang - bundles the fundamental classes
java.io - classes for input , output functions are bundled in
this package
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importing Packages
• These are the basic packages we need for basic input
using bufferreader class with exception handling.

import java.io.*

Or get the specific packages

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;

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BufferReader, InputStreamReader
and Parsing
• In Java, there are multiple ways to obtain user input
from the keyboard. One of the objects that could
get the job done is a Buffered Reader using
the readline method, along with an Input Stream
Reader.
• the other method is using Scanner Class in Java.
Scanner is a class in java.util package used for
obtaining the input of the primitive types like int,
double etc.
• Parsing is converting the input from string to
desired datatype.
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BufferReader and InputStreamReader

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
public class BufferedReaderExample {
public static void main(String[]args)throws IOException{
InputStreamReader ISR = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader BR = new BufferedReader(ISR);
System.out.println("What's your name?");
String userInput = BR.readLine(); //program waits user input here
System.out.println("Your name is : "+userInput);
BR.close();
ISR.close();
}
}
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BufferReader and InputStreamReader

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
public class BufferedReaderExample {
public static void main(String[]args)throws IOException{
BufferedReader BR = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("What's your name?");
String userInput = BR.readLine(); //program waits user input here
System.out.println("Your name is : "+userInput);
}
}
//Shorter version of BufferReader and InputStreamReader Line
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BufferReader, InputStreamReader w/
import java.io.*; Parsing
public class InputStringtoInt{
public static void main(String[]args)throws IOException{
String StrNumericInput="";
int UserNumericInput=0;
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
System.out.println("Please Enter a number: ");
StrNumericInput = in.readLine();
UserNumericInput= Integer.parseInt(StrNumericInput);
System.out.println(UserNumericInput+" is accepted");
}
}
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Exception handling
• The Exception Tree in Java
• Checked Exceptions and Runtime Exceptions
• Standard Exceptions

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Understanding Exception in JAVA

• The Exception Tree in Java
• Checked Exceptions and Runtime Exceptions
• Standard Exceptions

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The Exception Tree in Java

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Checked Exceptions and Runtime

Exceptions
• Handling the exception: catch the exception and
deal with it in the code
• Checked Exceptions:
◦ instances of the Exception class, excluding the
RuntimeException subtree
◦ required to handle
• Runtime Exceptions:
◦ occur due to program bugs
◦ not required to provide code for these exceptions
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Basics of Exception Handling

• Using the try and catch Blocks
• Using the finally Block
• Using Multiple catch Blocks

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Basics of Exception Handling

• Using the try and catch Blocks
The try block is where line of code with possible run
time error upon execution must placed.
The catch block and its parameter with be triggered
if there are run time errors encountered on the try
block.

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Basics of Exception Handling

• Using the finally Block
The finally block will be executed if there are no
errors encountered on the try block or other
acceptable output can be executed based from initial
values of variables before a run time error was
encountered.

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Using Multiple catch Blocks

• Only one relevant catch block, encountered
first by the execution control, will be executed
for a given exception.
• The more specific catch block must precede
the less specific catch block. Violation of this
rule will generate a compiler error.

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Exception Rules
• If an exception is not caught by any catch block:
1. If there is no finally block, the execution stops
right at the point of exception and returns to the
calling method
2. If there is a finally block, the execution jumps
from the point of exception to the finally block,
and returns to the calling method after the
finally block.

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Exception Rules
• If the exception is caught by a catch block:
1. If there is a finally block, the execution jumps
after executing the catch block to the finally block,
and continues until the end of the method.
2. If there is no finally block, the execution jumps
after executing the catch block to the first
statement immediately after the last catch block
and continues to the end of the method.

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import java.io.*;
public class InputStringtoInt{
Using the try and
public static void main(String[]args){ catch Blocks
String StrNumericInput="";
int UserNumericInput=0;
BufferedReader UserInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try{
System.out.println("Please Enter a number: ");
StrNumericInput = UserInput.readLine();
UserNumericInput= Integer.parseInt(StrNumericInput);
System.out.println(UserNumericInput+" is accepted");
}
catch(Exception E){
System.out.println("Invalid Input");
}
}
}
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import java.io.*;
public class InputStringtoInt{
with finally Block
public static void main(String[]args){
String StrNumericInput="";
int UserNumericInput=0;
BufferedReader UserInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try{
System.out.println("Please Enter a number: ");
StrNumericInput = UserInput.readLine();
UserNumericInput= Integer.parseInt(StrNumericInput);
}
catch(Exception E){
System.out.println("Invalid Input");
}
finally{
System.out.println(UserNumericInput+" is accepted");
}
}
}
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Using
Multiple
catch
Blocks
example

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MACHINE PROBLEM 1 + Presentation

• Partner Programming (2 members per group)
• Make a simple Arithmetic Calculator in JAVA.
• your program must accept 2 floating point
numbers.
• Your program must compute all the arithmetic
operators including modulo.
• If there is a math error especially for DIVISION and
a try-catch-finally exception must be applied.
• All output must be on the finally block

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MACHINE PROBLEM 1 + Presentation

Sample output1: correct inputs
Please your 1st number:5
Please your 2nd number:2
5 + 2 = 7
5 - 2 = 3
5 x 2 = 10
5 ÷ 2 = 2
5 % 2 = 1

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MACHINE PROBLEM 1 + Presentation

Sample output2: alphanumeric input
Please your 1st number:5
Please your 2nd number:a
input is not an integer
5 + 0 = 0
5 - 0 = 0
5 x 0 = 0
5 ÷ 0 = 0
5 % 0 = 0

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MACHINE PROBLEM 1 + Presentation

Sample output3: divide by 0 catch error
Please your 1st number:5
Please your 2nd number:0
Divide by Zero Error
5 + 0 = 0
5 - 0 = 0
5 x 0 = 0
5 ÷ 0 = 0
5 % 0 = 0

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MACHINE PROBLEM 1 + Presentation

Sample output: non integer input
Please your 1st number:123421342
Please your 2nd number:3.3f
input is not an integer
123421342 + 0 = 0
123421342 - 0 = 0
123421342 x 0 = 0
123421342 ÷ 0 = 0
123421342 % 0 = 0

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