墨尔本大学java课程课件chap9.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Preserve getMessage For all predefined exception classes, getMessage returns the string that is passed to its constructor as an argument Or it will return a default string if no argument is used with the constructor This behavior must be preserved in all programmer-defined exception class A constructor must be included having a string parameter whose body begins with a call to super The call to super must use the parameter as its argument A no-argument constructor must also be included whose body begins with a call to super This call to super must use a default string as its argument 9-* Copyright ? 2010 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Multiple catch Blocks A try block can potentially throw any number of exception values, and they can be of differing types In any one execution of a try block, at most one exception can be thrown (since a throw statement ends the execution of the try block) However, different types of exception values can be thrown on different executions of the try block 9-* Copyright ? 2010 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Multiple catch Blocks Each catch block can only catch values of the exception class type (or any descendent class) given in the catch block heading Different types of exceptions can be caught by placing more than one catch block after a try block 9-* Copyright ? 2010 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Pitfall: Catch the More Specific Exception First When catching multiple exceptions, the order of the catch blocks is important When an exception is thrown in a try block, the catch blocks are examined in order The first one that matches the type of the exception thrown is the one that is executed 9-* Copyright ? 2010 Pearson Addison-Wesley. All rights reserved. Pitfall: Catch the More Specific Exception First catch (Exception e) { . . . } catch (NegativeNumberException e) { . . . } Because a NegativeNumberException is a type of Exception, a