How to throw RuntimeException (“cannot find symbol”)
I'm trying to throw an exception in my code like this: throw RuntimeException(msg); But when I build in NetBeans I get this error: C:\....java:50: cannot find symbol symbol : method RuntimeException(java.lang.String) location: class ... throw RuntimeException(msg); 1 error Do I need to import something? Am I misspelling it? I'm sure I must be doing something dumb :-( j flemm throw new RuntimeException(msg); You need the new in there. It's creating an instance and throwing it, not calling a method. jjnguy An Exception is an Object like any other in Java. You need to use the new keyword to