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);