Java How To Program, Late Objects, 11th Edition

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Stack Trace for an ArithmeticException

The first line specifies that an ArithmeticException has occurred. The text after the name of the exception (“/ by zero”) indicates that this exception occurred as a result of an attempt to divide by zero. Java does not allow division by zero in integer arithmetic. When this occurs, Java throws an ArithmeticException. ArithmeticExceptions can arise from a number of different problems, so the extra data (“/ by zero”) provides more specific information.

Starting from the last line of the stack trace, we see that the exception was detected in line 19 of method main. Each line of the stack trace contains the class name and ...