Thread: Throw Error - simple code.....any advice appreciated!

I'm a Newbie to Java - am trying to explore the relationship between objects / classes & have run into a roadblock which I'm sure will seem retarded to folks with more experience. I wrote a very simple program below to call another method & print text 10 times after the user inputs 'Y'. I know its not necessary to put the loop in another class but I'm doing it to develop my understanding however when I compile it I get an error msg: 'Syntax error on token "throws", throw expected'.
I've declared the exception at the start so not sure why I'm getting this...please help I'd appreciate any info!

class MyTest {
public static void main(String args[]) {
throws java.io.IOException; {
char ch, y = 'Y';
OutputIncrements input = new OutputIncrements();
System.out.println("Enter Y or N");
ch = (char) System.in.read(); // get a char
System.out.println("You entered: " + ch);
if(ch == y) input.range();
}
}
class OutputIncrements {
void range() {
for(int i=0; i<10; i++) {
System.out.println("This loops 10 times");
if(i == 5) System.out.println("This is the 5th time");
}
}
}
}

Hi,

Please post your code properly with in hightlight tags.

In Your code mentioned throws IOException in a wrong place. you can put like this,

public static void main(String args[]) throws java.io.IOException 
{

i hope it helps to you.

Thanks,

Welcome to the forum. Please read This to know how to post your code.
the problem is lies here...

public static void main(String args[]) {
throws java.io.IOException; {

why "throws java.io.IOException;" is inside the method body, remove the braces before throws and your "throws java.io.IOException;" also contain the semicolon remove that too.
syntax for throws method is like

public void methodName() throws Exception_Class{
//code
}

by using the throws clause you are delegating the exception handling to the calling method.
for more information on throws read This

Welcome Mr ziggy. Please read this topic to learn how to post code in code or highlight tags and other useful info for new members.


As for your code, this is the problem:

 public static void main(String args[]) {
 throws java.io.IOException; {

You should remove the bracket after (String args[]) and also remove the semicolon ( ; ) after throws java.io.IOException

It should look like this:

 public static void main(String args[])
 throws java.io.IOException {

also remove one curly bracket at the end to balance the no. of curly crackets.

Now it should work.

That's perfect thanks for all your help guys.

Will post code in highlight tags in future, Cheers!