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in the above code in catch block the exception caught is of IO. But the method also throws ClassNotFoundException , so where will this (ie. ClassNotFoundException) exception be caught.
 
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Yes, that's the way you can provide catch for multiple exceptions.

If you don't provide an catch for a possible exception it would be passed on to the next method in the call-stack. Anyway at some point it needs to be caught. An exception that's never caught will cause your application to stop running!

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Why have you written both catch (ClassNotFoundException) and throws ClassNotFoundException, stanislav bashkirtsev?
 
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is this correct, as both the exception are caught
 
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Probably better to use Syustem.err.println() for exceptions, otherwise that is correct.
 
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# private void readObject(ObjectInputStream ins){
# try{
# ins.defaultReadObject();
# dept = new Department(ins.readInt(),ins.readUTF());
# }catch(IOException e){
# System.out.println(" IO EXCEPTION : "+e);
# }catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
# System.out.println(" CLASS CAST : "+e);
# }
# }


This is the way in which you are supposed to catch Exceptions, but there will be case where you dont know what kind of exception it will throw then you have to give

# catch(Exception e){
# System.out.println(" Exception: "+e);
# }

It will catch ALL exceptions. And if you include this catch at first the others wont execute.
 
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Probably better to use Syustem.err.println() for exceptions, otherwise that is correct.

I think e.printStackTrace() is more natural

It will catch ALL exceptions. And if you include this catch at first the others wont execute.

But it's not a good idea to catch all exceptions in that way.
 
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Agree that printStackTrace is better than println(e); the point I was making is that one ought to use System.err not System.out for exceptions. And agree that catch (Exception ex) is not good design; you may have problems if you don't know what sort of Exception to catch.
 
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Well, I'd say yeah too , except that if you are just going to print the stack trace anyway, then it hardly matters that you have just used a single catch. And if the situation is such that you don't need to know the what kind of exception, or if they are to be treated in the same way, then why bother?
 
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I agree, Fred, but let's imagie that printStackTrace() is just a placeholder for something more interesting in the catch.
 
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Campbell Ritchie wrote:I agree, Fred, but let's imagie that printStackTrace() is just a placeholder for something more interesting in the catch.



Yes, when you put it that way then I would go along.
 
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Fred Hamilton wrote:Yes, when you put it that way then I would go along.

Even with the spelling error, it is nice to get agreement
 
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