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Loading of Exception Classes

 
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Hi All,
As we all know java load classes when they are really needed. But I have seen an exception to this rule

public class A{
public void method1(){
try{
//some code
}catch(MyException e){
}
}

So whenever the "A" is loaded the "MyException" is also loaded even if it is not required in the code path.
I wanted to find out why the special consideration for the classes in the catch block at the time of loading
 
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Please use code tags.
 
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Are you trying to tell us a class named in a catch as a likely Exception isn't "needed"?
 
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Yes. the exception class in the catch block is not needed unless someone calls "method1".
 
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'Needed' means used in a class that is loaded at the moment, not when a specific method of that class is invoked. If class A references in any place class B, class B is needed to load class A.
 
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Manish wrote: So whenever the "A" is loaded the "MyException" is also loaded even if it is not required in the code path.


MyException *is* required on the code path (do you mean "classpath" here?), otherwise the code wouldn't compile.
 
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