Error: java.lang.InterruptedException is not caught and does not appear...

[fernando]

Hi, I have a simple program like:

package pckg;

public class HelloWorldApp
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
System.out.println ("Hello World!");
}
}

And I'm using .NET to compile which is fine. However, the result screen just appears for 0.1 seconds. I've used the system("Pause") when programming in C++.

I tried Thread.Sleep(500) right after "System.out.println("Hello World!") but get this error

Exception 'java.lang.InterruptedException' is not caught and does not appear in throws clause.

What is the equivalent call in java?
Thanks.

[brianhks]

You can do one of two things. 1. Run your program from a command prompt. This way the prompt will not go away. 2. change your code to the following:

package pckg;

public class HelloWorldApp
{
public static void main (String args[])
  throws Exception
{
System.out.println ("Hello World!");
Thread.sleep(500);
}
}

This is kind of cheeky but if lets you forgo the try catch block round the thread sleep call.