
Consult the Sun Microsys-
tems’Java website
www.java.sun.com to see if
a constructor or a method
throws an exception and,if
so,what type of exception.
REFERENCE POINT
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division. This would solve the problem simply and efficiently without gen-
erating an exception.
How do we know if a constructor or a method throws an exception and
what type of exception it throws? As always, our best source of information
is the Sun Microsystems website. After you have identified a constructor or
a method that you would like to use, simply view its API in order to deter-
mine whether it throws any exceptions, and if so, which ones.
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