try...catch blocks giving <identifier> expected error

[John Weiss]

Hi everyone,
I've been working on some code and am trying to get exception handling to work in a few places. But whenever i put in the try catch blocks i get a compile error. I've been looking at this for hours and still can't figure it out. Does anybody have any ideas?

Here's my compiler errors:

jbw_OfficeTest.java:35: <identifier> expected
catch(InputMismatchException){

jbw_OfficeTest.java:61: <identifier> expected
catch(InputMismatchException){


Here's my code:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class jbw_OfficeTest{

	public static void main (String args[]){
	
	Scanner input = new Scanner ( System.in );
	jbw_Employee jbwe = new jbw_Employee();
	jbw_Office jbwo = new jbw_Office();
	
//-------------------------------------------------
//Get office number
//-------------------------------------------------
	try{
	System.out.print("Enter office number: ");
	int oNum = input.nextInt();
	}
	catch(InputMismatchException){
	System.out.print("Error");
	}
	jbwo.setOfficeNum(oNum);
	input.nextLine();
	
//-------------------------------------------------
//Get building name
//-------------------------------------------------
	System.out.print("Enter the building name: ");
	jbwo.setBuildingName(input.nextLine());
	
//-------------------------------------------------
//Occupied or not?
//-------------------------------------------------
	System.out.print("Will this office be occupied (Y or N): ");
	char choice = input.nextLine().charAt(0);
		if(choice == 'N'){
			jbwo.setOccupant(null);
		}
		if(choice == 'Y'){
			System.out.println();
			try{
			System.out.print("Enter employee number: ");
			int no = input.nextInt();
			}
			catch(InputMismatchException){
			System.out.print("Error");
			}
			jbwe.setEmpNo(no);

			input.nextLine();	//clearing data stream
			
			System.out.print("Enter the employee's first name: ");
			String F = input.nextLine();
			jbwe.setFirstName(F);
			
			System.out.print("Enter the employee's last name: ");
			String L = input.nextLine();
			jbwe.setLastName(L);
			
			System.out.print("Enter the employee's job title: ");
			String T = input.nextLine();
			jbwe.setJobTitle(T);
			
			if (jbwe.setEmployee(no, F, L, T) == false){
				System.out.println();
				System.out.println("Error: Invalid Employee Number, setting to zero.");
				}		
		}
		
	if(jbwo.setOfficeNum(oNum) == false){
		System.out.println();
		System.out.println("Error: Invalid Building Number, setting to zero.");
		}
	
//-------------------------------------------------
//Printing out office and employee info
//-------------------------------------------------
	System.out.println();	
	System.out.println(jbwo);
	
	if(choice == 'N'){
		System.out.print("VACANT");
		System.out.println();
		}
	else
		System.out.println(jbwe);
	
	System.out.println();
	System.out.printf("Office Details:\nOffice Number: %d \nBuilding Name: %s",jbwo.getOfficeNum(),jbwo.getBuildingName());
	
	if(choice == 'N'){
		System.out.println();
		System.out.print("Office is vacant.");
		}
	else
		System.out.printf("\nOffice occupied by: %s, %s : Employee Number: %d Title: %s"
                                          ,jbwe.getLastName(),jbwe.getFirstName(), jbwe.getEmpNo(),jbwe.getJobTitle());
	
	}	
} 

[Henry Wong]

John Weiss wrote:Here's my compiler errors:

jbw_OfficeTest.java:35: <identifier> expected
catch(InputMismatchException){

jbw_OfficeTest.java:61: <identifier> expected
catch(InputMismatchException){

Your syntax is incorrect. Take a look at some examples in the Java exceptions tutorial, and you'll see that you are missing something.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/exceptions/

Henry

[John Weiss]

Ahhh, I sure do feel dumb now. Thanks a ton!

[Campbell Ritchie]

also search for InputMismatchException on this forum; you will find ways to avoid it completely. Maybe here, or here, and while we are at it, here is a different pitfall with Scanner.