Try Catch

[Renegade85]

Hi. I'm looking to make a try catch that will catch two possible errors.

The first one will be if a character is entered instead of a number i want it to display an error message and keep the program running. (Format error)

The second one is if an object is not part of an array, i want it to display an error message and keep the program running.

Quote:

try{
//Code here
}
catch(WHAT GOES HERE)
{
System.out.println("Invalid data entered.");
}
catch(WHAT GOES HERE)
{
System.out.println("That object does not exist");
}

Thanks

[ShoeNinja]

It looks like you might have to write your own exception classes and methods to throw the new exceptions. If you just need to check those two conditions and not alter the execution of the program in anyway, I would just use if statements to print out your error messages.

[Renegade85]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShoeNinja

It looks like you might have to write your own exception classes and methods to throw the new exceptions. If you just need to check those two conditions and not alter the execution of the program in anyway, I would just use if statements to print out your error messages.

I got this sorted. I was just looking to catch two exceptions that kept occuring with my program. I ended up with this

Quote:

catch(InputMismatchException e)
{
System.out.println("Error. You have entered a character in the number field.");
}
catch(NullPointerException e)
{
System.out.println("Error. One or both of the teams entered are not valid team names.");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("Unknown Error" );
}

Is there another way of doing this that wouldn't quit the program after an error? Can't think of how you would do an if statement for an InputMismatchError or a NullPointerException.

[ShoeNinja]

You're right. There is no way to use an if statement for those types of errors. But for what you described in your original post

Quote:

The first one will be if a character is entered instead of a number i want it to display an error message and keep the program running. (Format error)

The second one is if an object is not part of an array, i want it to display an error message and keep the program running.

it seems that you could just use if statements. Check to see if the object is in an array. If it isn't print something out. Or check to see if a variable is a char. If it isn't print something out.

I didn't know that you had specific exceptions that were being thrown. Sorry.

[Renegade85]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShoeNinja

You're right. There is no way to use an if statement for those types of errors. But for what you described in your original post it seems that you could just use if statements. Check to see if the object is in an array. If it isn't print something out. Or check to see if a variable is a char. If it isn't print something out.

I didn't know that you had specific exceptions that were being thrown. Sorry.

My bad, i didn't explain my problem too well. Thanks anyway