In Java, “throw” and “throws” are both related to exception handling, but they serve different purposes.
Here’s an example of how to use “throw” to throw an exception:
public void divide(int dividend, int divisor) { if (divisor == 0) { throw new ArithmeticException("Cannot divide by zero"); } int result = dividend / divisor; System.out.println("Result: " + result); }
In the above code, if the divisor is zero, the throw statement will throw an ArithmeticException
with a corresponding error message.
Here’s an example of a method declaration that uses “throws”:
public void readFile(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException { // Code to read the file }
In this case, the readFile
method is declaring that it might throw a FileNotFoundException
or an IOException
. Any code calling this method needs to either handle these exceptions using try-catch blocks or declare them to be thrown further up the call stack.
To summarize:
Remember that exceptions are a fundamental part of Java’s error handling mechanism, allowing you to handle and recover from unexpected situations during program execution.
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