Question

What is the output of the following Java program?

public class ExceptionHandlingExample {  

public static void main(String args[])  

{  

    try  

    {  

        int a = 1/0;  

        System.out.println("a = "+a);  

    }  

    catch(Exception e){System.out.println(e);}  

    catch(ArithmeticException ex){System.out.println(ex);}    

}  

}

Answer 1

Output of the following program is as per below: 

Output

ExceptionHandlingExample.java:10: error: exception ArithmeticException has already been caught

catch(ArithmeticException ex){System.out.println(ex);}

^

1 error

Explanation

ArithmaticException is the subclass of Exception. Therefore, it can not be used after Exception. Since Exception is the base class for all the exceptions, therefore, it must be used at last to handle the exception. No class can be used after this.