//: c10:StormyInning.java // From 'Thinking in Java, 2nd ed.' by Bruce Eckel // www.BruceEckel.com. See copyright notice in CopyRight.txt. // Overridden methods may throw only the // exceptions specified in their base-class // versions, or exceptions derived from the // base-class exceptions. class BaseballException extends Exception {} class Foul extends BaseballException {} class Strike extends BaseballException {} abstract class Inning { Inning() throws BaseballException {} void event () throws BaseballException { // Doesn't actually have to throw anything } abstract void atBat() throws Strike, Foul; void walk() {} // Throws nothing } class StormException extends Exception {} class RainedOut extends StormException {} class PopFoul extends Foul {} interface Storm { void event() throws RainedOut; void rainHard() throws RainedOut; } public class StormyInning extends Inning implements Storm { // OK to add new exceptions for // constructors, but you must deal // with the base constructor exceptions: StormyInning() throws RainedOut, BaseballException {} StormyInning(String s) throws Foul, BaseballException {} // Regular methods must conform to base class: //! void walk() throws PopFoul {} //Compile error // Interface CANNOT add exceptions to existing // methods from the base class: //! public void event() throws RainedOut {} // If the method doesn't already exist in the // base class, the exception is OK: public void rainHard() throws RainedOut {} // You can choose to not throw any exceptions, // even if base version does: public void event() {} // Overridden methods can throw // inherited exceptions: void atBat() throws PopFoul {} public static void main(String[] args) { try { StormyInning si = new StormyInning(); si.atBat(); } catch(PopFoul e) { System.err.println("Pop foul"); } catch(RainedOut e) { System.err.println("Rained out"); } catch(BaseballException e) { System.err.println("Generic error"); } // Strike not thrown in derived version. try { // What happens if you upcast? Inning i = new StormyInning(); i.atBat(); // You must catch the exceptions from the // base-class version of the method: } catch(Strike e) { System.err.println("Strike"); } catch(Foul e) { System.err.println("Foul"); } catch(RainedOut e) { System.err.println("Rained out"); } catch(BaseballException e) { System.err.println( "Generic baseball exception"); } } } ///:~