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3differentwaystoprintexceptionmessageinjava
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Posted date: Apr 25, 2016

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In Java there are three ways to find the details of the exception .
They are
1. Using an object of java.lang.Exception
2. Using public void printStackTrace() method
3. Using public String getMessage() method.

1.Using an object of java.lang.Exception

An object of Exception class prints the name of the exception and nature of the exception.

Write a Java program get detailed message details using exception class object

01. package exceptions;

02. public class ExceptionDetails {
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04. /**
05. * @www.instanceofjava.com
06. **/
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public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

int x=1/0;

} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}

Output:

01.

java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

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2.Using public void printStackTrace() method

This is the method which is defined in java.lang.Throwable class and it is inherited into java.lang.Error class and
java.lang.Exception class
This method will display the name of the exception and nature of the message and line number where exception
has occurred.
Write a simple java example program to print exception message to console using printStacktrace() method

01. package exceptions;

02. public class ExceptionDetails {
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04. /**
05. * @www.instanceofjava.com
06. */
07. public static void main(String[] args) {
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10. try {
11. int a[]= new int[1];
12. a[1]=12
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14. } catch (Exception e) {
15. e.printStackTrace();
16.
17. }
18. }
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Output:

01.

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at exceptions.ExceptionDetails.main(ExceptionDetails.java:13)

3.Using public String getMessage() method

This is also a method which is defined in java.lang.Throwable class and it is inherited in to both java.lanf.Error and
java.lang.Exception classes.
This method will display the only exception message

Write a Java program print exception message using getMessage() method.

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package exceptions;
public class ExceptionDetails {

/**
* @www.instanceofjava.com
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {

try {
int x=1/0;

} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}

Output:

01.

/ by zero

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