Calling a private method with an exception in a constructor

[thorobred]

Hello I am having trouble calling a private method in my constructor. I have a private method called "dostuff()" that has an exception. I then called the method in my constructor "this.dostuff()" and I got and error saying "unreported exception java.lang.Exception; must be caught or declared to be thrown". Can someone give me insight on what to do, I'll really appreciate it.

[pbrockway2]

If doStuff() is declared to throw an exception then any method or constructor that calls it must either (A) do the call within a try/catch block or (B) that other method or constructor must also declare itself to throw the exception. Those are your options. See The Catch or Specify Requirement (The Java™ Tutorials > Essential Classes > Exceptions)

[thorobred]

could you do a small example of those conditions?

[Fubarable]

Please click on the link that pbrockway provided as there you'll find explanation and examples.

[pbrockway2]

Please click on the link that pbrockway provided as there you'll find explanation and examples.

... and if there is something *specific* about what you find there that you can't understand, ask about that.

No-one is pretending that technical tutorials are easy to read, nor are we trying to ignore your question. But the fact is that Oracle's Tutorial has had a lot of close editorial attention paid to it, over a long time. Anything I might write off the top of my head would be, at best, an "explanation-lite".