Exception Handling
Exception is broadly classified into the following categories
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- The classes that extend Throwable class except RuntimeException and Error are known as checked exceptions. E.g. IOException, SQLException, etc. Checked exceptions are checked at compile-time.
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- The classes that extend RuntimeException are known as unchecked exceptions. For example, ArithmeticException, NullPointerException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, etc. Unchecked exceptions are not checked at compile-time rather they are checked at runtime.
Example
(ns clojure.examples.example (:gen-class)) ;; This program displays Hello World (defn Example [] (def string1 (slurp "Example.txt")) (println string1)) (Example)
Output
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Example.txt (No such file or directory) at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195) at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138) at clojure.java.io$fn__9185.invoke(io.clj:229) at clojure.java.io$fn__9098$G__9091__9105.invoke(io.clj:69) at clojure.java.io$fn__9197.invoke(io.clj:258) at clojure.java.io$fn__9098$G__9091__9105.invoke(io.clj:69)
Example
(ns clojure.examples.example
(:gen-class))
(defn Example []
(try
(aget (int-array [1 2 3]) 5)
(catch Exception e (println (str "caught exception: " (.toString e))))
(finally (println "This is our final block")))
(println "Let's move on"))
(Example)
Output
caught exception: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 5 This is our final block Let's move on
Error
Catching Exceptions
(try (//Protected code) catch Exception e1) (//Catch block)
Example
(ns clojure.examples.example
(:gen-class))
(defn Example []
(try
(def string1 (slurp "Example.txt"))
(println string1)
(catch Exception e (println (str "caught exception: " (.getMessage e))))))
(Example)
Output
caught exception: Example.txt (No such file or directory)
Multiple Catch Blocks
Example
(ns clojure.examples.example
(:gen-class))
(defn Example []
(try
(def string1 (slurp "Example.txt"))
(println string1)
(catch java.io.FileNotFoundException e (println (str "caught file
exception: " (.getMessage e))))
(catch Exception e (println (str "caught exception: " (.getMessage e)))))
(println "Let's move on"))
(Example)
Output
caught file exception: Example.txt (No such file or directory) Let's move on
Finally Block
(try (//Protected code) catch Exception e1) (//Catch block) (finally //Cleanup code)
Example
(ns clojure.examples.example
(:gen-class))
(defn Example []
(try
(def string1 (slurp "Example.txt"))
(println string1)
(catch java.io.FileNotFoundException e (println (str "caught file
exception: " (.getMessage e))))
(catch Exception e (println (str "caught exception: " (.getMessage e))))
(finally (println "This is our final block")))
(println "Let's move on"))
(Example)
Output
caught file exception: Example.txt (No such file or directory) This is our final block Let's move on
Example
(ns clojure.examples.example
(:gen-class))
(defn Example []
(try
(def string1 (slurp "Example.txt"))
(println string1)
(catch java.io.FileNotFoundException e (println (str "caught file
exception: " (.toString e))))
(catch Exception e (println (str "caught exception: " (.toString e))))
(finally (println "This is our final block")))
(println "Let's move on"))
(Example)
Output
caught file exception: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Example.txt (No such file or directory) This is our final block Let's move on
