Difference between try-catch and throw in java

Question

What is the difference between try-catch and throw clause. When to use these?

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Answer 1

throws is a declaration that declares multiple exceptions that may occur but do not necessarily occur, throw is an action that can throw only one exception, typically a non-runtime exception, try catch is a block that catches exceptions that can be handled when an exception occurs in a method,this exception can be thrown.An exception can be understood as a responsibility that should be taken care of by the behavior that caused the exception, rather than by its upper callers.

Answer 2

If you execute the following example, you will know the difference between a Throw and a Catch block.

In general terms:

The catch block will handle the Exception

throws will pass the error to his caller.

In the following example, the error occurs in the throwsMethod() but it is handled in the catchMethod().

public class CatchThrow {

private static void throwsMethod() throws NumberFormatException {
    String  intNumber = "5A";

    Integer.parseInt(intNumber);
}

private static void catchMethod() {
    try {

        throwsMethod();

    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
        System.out.println("Convertion Error");
    }

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    catchMethod();
}

}

Answer 3

try block contains set of statements where an exception can occur.

catch block will be used to used to handle the exception that occur with in try block. A try block is always followed by a catch block and we can have multiple catch blocks.

finally block is executed after catch block. We basically use it to put some common code when there are multiple catch blocks. Even if there is an exception or not finally block gets executed.

throw keyword will allow you to throw an exception and it is used to transfer control from try block to catch block.

throws keyword is used for exception handling without try & catch block. It specifies the exceptions that a method can throw to the caller and does not handle itself.

// Java program to demonstrate working of throws, throw, try, catch and finally.

 public class MyExample { 
      
        static void myMethod() throws IllegalAccessException 
        { 
            System.out.println("Inside myMethod()."); 
            throw new IllegalAccessException("demo"); 
        } 
      
        // This is a caller function  
        public static void main(String args[]) 
        { 
            try { 
                myMethod(); 
            } 
            catch (IllegalAccessException e) { 
                System.out.println("exception caught in main method."); 
            }
            finally(){
                System.out.println("I am in final block.");
            } 
        } 
    } 

Output:

Inside myMethod().
exception caught in main method.
I am in final block.

Answer 4

Try/catch and throw clause are for different purposes. So they are not alternative to each other but they are complementary.

1. If you have throw some checked exception in your code, it should be inside some try/catch in codes calling hierarchy.

2. Conversely, you need try/catch block only if there is some throw clause inside the code (your code or the API call) that throws checked exception.

Sometimes, you may want to throw exception if particular condition occurred which you want to handle in calling code block and in some cases handle some exception catch block and throw a same or different exception again to handle in calling block.

Answer 5

try - Add sensitive code catch - to handle exception finally - always executed whether exception caught or not. Associated with try -catch. Used to close the resource which we opened in try block throw - To handover our created exception to JVM manually. Used to throw customized exception throws - To delegate the responsibility of exception handling to caller method or main method.

Answer 6

Others have already given thorough answers, but if you're looking for even more information, the Oracle Java tutorials are always a good resource. Here's the Java tutorial for Exceptions, which covers all of your questions in great detail; https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/index.html