Multiple catch Clauses

     It is possible to use multiple catch blocks with a single try block as shown below:

……..

……..

try

{

statement;

}

catch(Exception-Type-1 e)

{

statement;

}

catch(Exception-Type-2 e)

{

statement;

}

……..

catch(Exception-Type-N e)

{

statement;

}

      When an exception occurs in a try block, Java treats the multiple catch statements like cases in a switch statement. The first catch statement whose parameters match with the exception object will be executed and the remaining statements will be skipped.

     Example:

classMulticatch

{

public static void main(String args[])

 {

int a[]={10,20},r;

try

  {

    r=a[2]/(a[1]-20);

  }

catch(ArithmeticException e)

  {

System.out.println("Arithmetic exception occurred");

  }

catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)

  {

System.out.println("Array indexing exception occurred");

  }

  r=a[0]+a[1];

System.out.println("Result = "+r);

 }

}

Output:

Array indexing exception occurred

Result = 30