Java tutorial
/* This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed. (http://horstmann.com/corejava) This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Date; import java.util.EmptyStackException; import java.util.Stack; /** * @version 1.10 2000-06-03 * @author Cay Horstmann */ public class ExceptionalTest { public static void main(String[] args) { int i = 0; int ntry = 10000000; Stack<String> s = new Stack<String>(); long s1; long s2; // test a stack for emptiness ntry times System.out.println("Testing for empty stack"); s1 = new Date().getTime(); for (i = 0; i <= ntry; i++) if (!s.empty()) s.pop(); s2 = new Date().getTime(); System.out.println((s2 - s1) + " milliseconds"); // pop an empty stack ntry times and catch the resulting exception System.out.println("Catching EmptyStackException"); s1 = new Date().getTime(); for (i = 0; i <= ntry; i++) { try { s.pop(); } catch (EmptyStackException e) { } } s2 = new Date().getTime(); System.out.println((s2 - s1) + " milliseconds"); } }