Difference between e.printStackTrace and System.out.println(e)

Question

Probably a newbie question, but everyone seems to use e.printStackTrace(), but I have always used System.out.println(e) when exception handling. What i

Answer 1

Bellow Program show the difference details

System.out.println(e); :- only showing the exception. e.g.java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero e.printStackTrace(); :- showing the details of exception and where to cause exception in program with line number e.g. java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero at test.Test.main(Test.java:7)

package test;

public class Test {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        try {
            System.out.println(12 / 0);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}