How an exception can be lost
// : 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(); } } } ///:~