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How an exception can be lost
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// : c09:LostMessage.java
// How an exception can be lost.
// {ThrowsException}
// From 'Thinking in Java, 3rd ed.' (c) Bruce Eckel 2002
// www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt.
class VeryImportantException extends Exception {
public String toString() {
return "A very important exception!";
}
}
class HoHumException extends Exception {
public String toString() {
return "A trivial exception";
}
}
public class LostMessage {
void f() throws VeryImportantException {
throw new VeryImportantException();
}
void dispose() throws HoHumException {
throw new HoHumException();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
LostMessage lm = new LostMessage();
try {
lm.f();
} finally {
lm.dispose();
}
}
} ///:~
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