Java Programming by Pearson

290 • Java Programming

exception, so exception thrown results in terminating the program prematurely. In the absence of try-catch

block, the default exception handler of the Java runtime system handles the exception, but at the cost of

terminating the program abnormally.

Note the output of the program, the default handler returns a string which shows where the exception

occurred in the program, what type of exception it was and the precise reason for the generation of

exception. The last line of the output shows in which method or subroutine the exception was generated.

The output is actually a stack trace, i.e., examining the system stack ...