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Catching Exceptions

• try
    { code that might throw an IOException 
    }
  catch (IOException exception)
    { take corrective action
    }
  
  

• Corrective action can be:
  
  • Notify user of error and offer to read another file
  • Log error in error report file
  • In student programs: print stack trace and exit
    exception.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);

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