UNIT-3 Exceptions

Fundamentals of exception handling

 Exception is an abnormal condition that arises in a code sequence at runtime.
 In Java Exception is an object that describes an exceptional condition that
has occurred in a piece of code.
 When an exceptional condition arises, an Object representing that exception
is created and thrown in the method that causes the error.
 The method may choose to handle it or pass it to its caller.
 Caller may choose to handle it or pass it to its caller. And so on till main
method.
 If main is also not interested to process the exception, then it will be thrown
to JRE, which uses default Exception Handler mechanism to process it.
 Exception can be generated by JRE or can be manually generated.
 Exception handling is managed via the following keywords
1. try 2. catch 3. finally 4. throw 5.throws

Benefits of Exception Handling:

 Exception handling allows you to manage run-time errors in an orderly
fashion. Separates Error-Handling Code from "Regular" Code
 Can avoid abnormal termination of the program.
 Can produce the normal execution flow if exceptions are caught and
processed.
 Can display user friendly messages to the end user instead of System
generated messages.
 It can implement a clean way to propagate error. When an invoking method
cannot manage a particular situations, then it throws an exception and asks
the invoking method to deal with such situation.
 It also allows to handle related exceptions by single exception handler. All
the related errors are grouped together and handled by using single exception
handler.
 It develops a powerful coding which ensures that the exceptions can be
prevented.
 Exception Types

Error Exception

Errors are usually raised by the environment in

Exceptions are caused by
which the application is running. For example, an
the code of the application
error will occur due to a lack of system resources
itself.
(“OutOfMemory”,” StackOverflow”).

The use of try-catch blocks

can handle exceptions and
It is not possible to recover from an error.
recover the application
from them.
 Termination or resumptive models
Termination Model
 In termination, you assume that the error is so critical that there’s no way to
get back to where the exception occurred.
 Whoever threw the exception decided that there was no way to salvage the
situation, and they don’t want to come back.
Resumptive Model
 The exception handler is expected to do something to rectify the situation,
and then the faulting method is retried, presuming success the second time.
 If you want resumption, it means you still hope to continue execution after
the exception is handled.
 In this case, your exception is more like a method call—which is how you
should set up situations in Java in which you want resumption-like behavior.
(That is, don’t throw an exception; call a method that fixes the problem.)
 Alternatively, place your try block inside a while loop that keeps reentering
the try block until the result is satisfactory.

Uncaught exceptions:
class Test
{ public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Hello");
System.out.println("VITS");
System.out.println(10/0);
System.out.println("Have a nice day");
System.out.println("Bye");
}
}
In the above code, the third line in the main() causes an exception, which is not
handled. JRE will use its default exception handling mechanism and prints the
exception information.

Using “try” and “catch” blocks

try block:
 Program statements that you want to monitor for exception are kept in the
try block.
 If an exception occurred in the try block, it is thrown to its catch block.
catch block:
 To process the Exception
 That is write the code (may vary for each type of exception) that should get
executed when an exception is raised.
 A try block can follow multiple catch blocks.
Example Program:
class Test
{ public static void main(String args[])
{ System.out.println("Hello");
System.out.println("VITS");
try
{
System.out.println(10/0);
}
catch(ArithmeticException ae)
{
System.out.println("Denominator cant be Zero");
}
 System.out.println("All the Best");
System.out.println("Bye");
}
}
In the above code the statement 10/0 cause an Arithmetic Exception. JRE will
create an object of ArithmeticException class and throws to catch block, since we
have the matching catch block, catch block get executed. From there the rest of the
code gets executed normally.

“try” with resources

 this feature added in jdk1.7
 Runtime automatically closes the resources (if they are not already closed)
after the execution of the try block.
Example:
try( FileReader fr = new FileReader(“ex1.txt”) ) { // try block statements }
catch(Exception e) { // catch block statements }
In the above code, as soon as we come out of the try block, the FileReader object fr
will be closed automatically.
This works only on classes that have implemented AutoCloseable interface.

“finally” block
 This block get executed after the completion of try block.
 This block gets executed irrespective of whether the exception is raised or
not, if raised whether it is handled or not.
 Useful for closing file handles and freeing up of any other resources that
might have been allocated at the beginning.
 Every try block must be followed by at least one catch block or finally
block.
Example program:
class Test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int a=10,b=0,c;
try
{
c=a/b;
System.out.println("result= "+c);
}
catch(ArithmeticException ae)
{
System.out.println(ae);
}
finally
{
System.out.println("This will execute");
}
System.out.println("END");
}
}
 Multiple - catch blocks
class Test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int a[] = {10,20,30,40,50,60};
try
{
// int c=a[10]/0;
int c=a[1]/0;
System.out.println("result= "+c);
}
catch(ArithmeticException ae)
{
System.out.println(ae);
}
catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ab)
{
System.out.println(ab);
}
}
}
 “multi catch” – catch block
 This feature added to java from jdk1.7 version.
 Allows two or more exceptions to be caught by the same catch clause.
 Used when two or more catch blocks has the same code.
 Each multi catch parameter is implicitly final. So it can't be assigned a new
value.
Example program:
class Test
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int a[] = {10,20,30,40,50,60};
try
{
int c=a[10]/0;
// int c=a[1]/0;
System.out.println("result= "+c);
}
catch(ArithmeticException | ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ae)
{
System.out.println(ae);
}
}
}
 “catch all” - catch block
 The catch block that takes an object of type Exception class as a parameter
is called catch all catch block.
 Since Exception class is the super class for both checked and unchecked
exceptions, this catch block can catch any type of exception.
 This block must be specified after all its sub class catch blocks if present.
Example program:
class Test
{ public static void main(String[] args)
{
int a[] = {10,20,30,40,50,60};
try
{
int x = Integer.parseInt("5a");
int c = a[10]/0;
System.out.println("result= "+c);
}
catch(ArithmeticException | ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ae)
{
System.out.println(ae);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}}
 “nested try” - statements
 using a try block with in another try block.
 If an exception occur in the inner try block, if the inner try block is not
handling the exception then the exception object is thrown to outer try block.
 If the outer try block also do not have the matching catch block, then the
exception object will be thrown to its caller.
Exampele program:
import java.util.*;
class Test
{ public static void main(String args[])
{ Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("enter the number");
int a = s.nextInt();
try
{
int b = 10/a;
System.out.println(b);
try
{
if (a==1) a = a/(a-a);
else
{
int c[] = {1,2,3};
c[4]=4;
}
}
 catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)
{
System.out.println("Invalid index");
}
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("Divide be zero Error");
}
}
}

throw
To Manually throw an exception object.
Syntax:
throw throwable_instance;
 When you manually throw an exception object from the try block ,it checks
for the matching catch block among the catch blocks which follows the try
block.
 If there is a match, the exception is caught by that catch block and it can
process that exception(optional).
 After processing, if needed the method can rethrow the exception object to
its caller to give an oppurtunity to the caller to know about this exception
and to process.
Example program:
class Test
{
static void meth1()
{
try
{
int x = 12/0;
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("caught inside method:"+e);
throw e;
}
}
public static void main(String args[])
{ try
{
meth1();
}
catch(ArithmeticException e)
{
System.out.println("Recaught:"+e);
}
}}
 throws
 If a method is capable of causing an exception that it does not handle, it
must specify this behavior so that callers of this method can guard
themselves against that exception.
 Mandatory for exceptions that are direct subclasses of Exception class.
 Not necessary for exceptions that are subclasses of RuntimeException class
Example program:
import java.io.*;
class Test
{
static void meth1() throws FileNotFoundException
{
FileInputStream fis = null;
fis = new FileInputStream("ex1.dat");
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
try
{
meth1();
}
catch(FileNotFoundException e)
{
System.out.println("plz check your filename");
}
}}
 “final rethrow” (added in jdk 1.7)
import java.io.*;
class Test
{ static void meth1(int x) throws IOException, InterruptedException
{
try
{
if( x == 0 )
throw new IOException();
else
throw new InterruptedException();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
throw e;
}
}
public static void main(String args[])
{ try
{
meth1(0);
}
catch(IOException | InterruptedException e)
{ System.out.println(e); }
}}
  The Java SE 7 compiler can determine that the exception thrown by the
statement throw e must have come from the try block, and the only
exceptions thrown by the try block can be IOException or
InterruptedException.
 Even though the exception parameter of the catch clause, e, is type
Exception, the compiler can determine that it is an instance of either
IOException or InterruptedException:

Creating own exception sub classes

User defined exceptions
import java.util.*;
class Vote extends Exception
{
Vote(String str)
{
super(str);
}
}
class Test
{
public static void meth1(int age) throws Vote
{
if( age < 18 )
throw new Vote("Not eligible to vote");
System.out.println("Eligible to vote");
}
 public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner s = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("enter your age:");
int age = s.nextInt();
try
{
meth1(age);
}
catch(Vote v)
{
System.out.println("Error "+v);
}
}
}
In the above program, we have created our user defined exception class with the
name ‘Vote’ by inheriting from predefined Exception class.
Also we have called the super class(Exception class) constructor from our Vote
class constructor.
The method meth1() in demo16 class is throwing the Vote exception if age is less
than 18, which is handled by the catch block in the main method.
 Multithreading
Process Based Multitasking Programming –
 In process based multitasking two or more processes and programs can be
run concurrently.
 In process based multitasking a process or a program is the smallest unit.
 Process based multitasking requires more overhead.
 Process requires its own address space.
 Process to Process communication is expensive.
 Here, it is unable to gain access over idle time of CPU.
 It is comparatively heavy weight.
Example – We can listen to music and browse internet at the same time. The
processes in this example are the music player and browser.

Thread Based Multitasking Programming –

 In thread based multitasking two or more threads can be run concurrently.
 In thread based multitasking a thread is the smallest unit.
 Thread based multitasking requires less overhead.
 Threads share same address space.
 Thread to Thread communication is not expensive.
 It allows taking gain access over idle time taken by CPU.
 It is comparatively light weight.
Examples – Using a browser we can navigate through the webpage and at the
same time download a file. In this example, navigation is one thread and
downloading is another thread. Also in a word-processing application like MS
Word, we can type text in one thread and spell checker checks for mistakes in
another thread.

Java thread model

 The java programming language allows us to create a program that contains
one or more parts that can run simultaneously at the same time.
 This type of program is known as a multithreading program. Each part of
this program is called a thread. Every thread defines a separate path of
execution in java.
 In java, a thread goes through different states throughout its execution.
These stages are called thread life cycle states or phases.
 A thread may in any of the states like new, ready or runnable, running,
blocked or wait, and dead or terminated state.
 Life cycle of a thread

New: When a thread object is created using new, then the thread is said to be in the
New state. This state is also known as Born state.
Runnable / Ready: When a thread calls start( ) method, then the thread is said to
be in the Runnable state. This state is also known as a Ready state.
Running: When a thread calls run( ) method, then the thread is said to be Running.
The run( ) method of a thread called automatically by the start( ) method.
Blocked / Waiting
A thread in the Running state may move into the blocked state due to various
reasons like sleep( ) method called, wait( ) method called, suspend( ) method
called, and join( ) method called, etc.
When a thread is in the blocked or waiting state, it may move to Runnable state
due to reasons like sleep time completed, waiting time completed, notify( ) or
notifyAll( ) method called, resume( ) method called, etc.
Dead / Terminated
A thread in the Running state may move into the dead state due to either its
execution completed or the stop( ) method called. The dead state is also known as
the terminated state.

Creating Threads
Threads can be created in java in 2 ways
1. By extending Thread class.
2. By implementing Runnable interface.

Creating thread -- using Thread class

class MyThread extends Thread
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Child Thread :"+i);
}
}
}
class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
MyThread m = new MyThread();
m.start();
 for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Main Thread:"+i);
}
}
}

Creating thread -- using Runnable interface

class MyThread implements Runnable
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Child Thread:"+i);
}
}
}
class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
MyThread m = new MyThread();
Thread t1 = new Thread(m);
t1.start();
 for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Main Thread:"+i);
}
}}

sleep() -- method
Makes the current thread to suspend itself for a specified amount of time.
Time in milliseconds should be passes as a parameter to sleep method.
This method will throw InterruptedException if it fails to sleep the thread for the
specified amount of time.
Example
class MyThread implements Runnable
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Child Thread:"+i);
try
{
Thread.sleep(1000);
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
 }
}
}
class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
MyThread m = new MyThread();
Thread t1 = new Thread(m);
t1.start();
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.println("Main Thread:"+i);
try
{
Thread.sleep(500);
}
catch(InterruptedException e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}
}
}
 Thread priorities:
 An integer value that specify relative priority of one thread to another.
 Among the threads of equal priority, JRE (Thread shedular) may schedule
threads in any order for execution.
 Methods:
void setPriority(int priority)
int getPriority()
 Priority value ranges from 0(low) to 10(high).
Normal priority is 5.
 These are represeted by final static variables in Thread class
Thread.MIN_PRIORITY(0),
Thread.MAX_PRIORITY(10),
Thread.NORM_PRIORITY(5)
 Thread schedular may give preference to high priority threads while
scheduling threads for execution.
 Thread priorities are only to influence the thread schedular. Can't rely on
them.
Example:
class Test extends Thread
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=1;i<=10000;i++)
System.out.print("\nChild thread : "+i);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Test t1 = new Test();
t1.setPriority(10);
t1.start();
 Thread.currentThread().setPriority(1);
for(int i=1;i<=10000;i++)
System.out.print("\nMain thread :"+i);
}
}

join() - method
makes the the caller thread to wait until the thread on which join() has invoked
completes it execution.
Example:
class Test extends Thread
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)
System.out.print("\nChild thread : "+i);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException
{
Test t1 = new Test();
t1.start();
t1.join();
for(int i=1;i<=5;i++)
System.out.print("\nMai Thread : "+i);
}
}
 Synchronization
 When two or more threads needs access to a shared resource, they need
some way to ensure that the resource will be used by only one thread at a
time. The process by which this is achieved is called synchronization.
 Key to synchronization is the concept of monitor. A monitor is an object that
is used as a mutually exclusive lock.
 Only one thread can own an object's monitor at a given time.
 When a thread acquires a lock, it is said to have entered the monitor.
 All other threads attempting to enter the locked monitor will be suspended
until the first thread exits the monitor.
 All object have implicit monitor.
 We can synchronize a shared resource in two ways
1. Synchronized methods:
Whichever the methods of the resource(object) you want to
synchronize, decalare those methods with synchronized modifier.
2. Synchronized block:
i) If you want to synchronize access to objects of a class that was not
designed for multithreaded access (that is the class does not use
snchronzed methods), we can use synchronized blocks.
ii) If the class was created by a third party, we do not have access to
the code. Then we can acquire lock on the object with synchronized
block.
Syntax:
synchronized(target_instance)
{
target_instance.method1();
}
 Method Synchronization
class Display
{
public synchronized void wish(String name)
{
for(int i=0;i<10;i++)
{
System.out.print("Good morning : ");
try
{
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
catch(InterruptedException e) { }
System.out.println(name);
}
}
}
class Mythread extends Thread
{
Display d;
String name;
Mythread(Display d , String name)
{
this.d = d; this.name = name;
}
 public void run()
{
d.wish(name);
}
}
class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Display d = new Display();
Mythread t1 = new Mythread(d,"SHIVA");
Mythread t2 = new Mythread(d,"RAVI KRIAN");
t1.start();
t2.start();
}
}

Block Synchronization - Example

1. Remove synchronized modifier for wish() in Display class.
2. Update the run() method in MyThread class as below
public void run()
{
synchronized(d)
{
d.wish(name);
}
}
 Inter thread communication
Inter-thread communication or Co-operation is all about allowing synchronized
threads to communicate with each other.
It is implemented by following methods of Object class:
1. wait()
2. notify()
3. notifyAll()
1) wait(): Causes current thread to release the lock and wait until either another
thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or a
specified amount of time has elapsed.
The current thread must own this object's monitor, so it must be called from the
synchronized method only otherwise it will throw exception.
2) notify(): Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. If any
threads are waiting on this object, one of them is chosen to be awakened. The
choice is arbitrary.
3) notifyAll(): Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

Example
class Buffer
{
int a ; boolean produced = false ;
public synchronized void produce(int x)
{
if(produced)
{
try{
wait();
 }catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e); }
}
a = x;
System.out.println("Product" + a + " is produced." );
produced = true;
notify();
}
public synchronized void consume()
{
if( !produced )
{
System.out.println("Consumer is waiting...");
try {
wait();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}
System.out.println("Product" + a + " is consumed.");
produced = false;
notify();
}
}
class Producer extends Thread
{
Buffer b;
Producer(Buffer b)
{
this.b = b;
}
public void run()
{
System.out.println("Producer start producing...");
for(int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
b.produce(i);
}
}
}

class Consumer extends Thread

{
Buffer b;
Consumer(Buffer b)
{
this.b = b;
}
 public void run()
{
System.out.println("Consumer start synchronized consuming...");
for(int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
b.consume();
}
}
}
class Test
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
Buffer b = new Buffer();
Producer p = new Producer(b);
Consumer c = new Consumer(b);
p.start();
c.start();
}
}