//: c10:LostMessage.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // How an exception can be lost. 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(); } } } ///:~