EOFException - how to handle?

Question

I\'m a beginner java programmer following the java tutorials.

I am using a simple Java Program from the Java tutorials\'s Data Streams Page, and at runtime, it keeps

Answer 1

You catch IOException which also catches EOFException, because it is inherited. If you look at the example from the tutorial they underlined that you should catch EOFException - and this is what they do. To solve you problem catch EOFException before IOException:

try
{
    //...
}
catch(EOFException e) {
    //eof - no error in this case
}
catch(IOException e) {
    //something went wrong
    e.printStackTrace(); 
}

Beside that I don't like data flow control using exceptions - it is not the intended use of exceptions and thus (in my opinion) really bad style.