Thread: unreported exception

Why doesn't my code compile?

Here's the code:

public class Exceptions
{
	public void method1(int x)
	{	
		if (x < 0)
			throw new Exception("ERROR: Negative value in X coordinate.");
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{	Exceptions ex = new Exceptions();
		try
		{	ex.method1(-1);
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{	System.out.print(e.getMessage());
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

Error message:
Exceptions.java:6: error: unreported exception Exception; must be caught or declared to be thrown
throw new Exception("ERROR: Negative value in X coordinate.");
^
1 error

Exceptions.java:6: error: unreported exception Exception; must be caught or declared to be thrown

method1 must either:
declare that it throws the exception by having a throws clause in its definition
or it must use a try{}catch block to catch and handle the exception