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Java Catch Multiple Exceptions

Java Multi-catch block
A try block can be followed by one or more catch blocks. Each catch block must contain a different
exception handler. So, if you have to perform different tasks at the occurrence of different exceptions,
use java multi-catch block.

Points to remember
At a time only one exception occurs and at a time only one catch block is executed.

All catch blocks must be ordered from most specific to most general, i.e. catch for
ArithmeticException must come before catch for Exception.

Flowchart of Multi-catch Block

Example 1

Let's see a simple example of java multi-catch block.

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MultipleCatchBlock1.java

public class MultipleCatchBlock1 {  
  
    public static void main(String[] args) {  
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           try{    
                int a[]=new int[5];    
                a[5]=30/0;    
               }    
               catch(ArithmeticException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Arithmetic Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(Exception e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Parent Exception occurs");  
                  }             
               System.out.println("rest of the code");    
    }  
}  

Test it Now

Output:

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Arithmetic Exception occurs

rest of the code

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MultipleCatchBlock2.java

public class MultipleCatchBlock2 {  
  
    public static void main(String[] args) {  
          
           try{    
                int a[]=new int[5];    
                
                System.out.println(a[10]);  
               }    
               catch(ArithmeticException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Arithmetic Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(Exception e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Parent Exception occurs");  
                  }             
               System.out.println("rest of the code");    
    }  
}  

Test it Now

Output:

ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception occurs

rest of the code

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In this example, try block contains two exceptions. But at a time only one exception occurs and its
corresponding catch block is executed.

MultipleCatchBlock3.java

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public class MultipleCatchBlock3 {  

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    public static void main(String[] args) {  
          
           try{    
                int a[]=new int[5];    
                a[5]=30/0;    
                System.out.println(a[10]);  
               }    
               catch(ArithmeticException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Arithmetic Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(Exception e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Parent Exception occurs");  
                  }             
               System.out.println("rest of the code");    
    }  
}  

Test it Now

Output:

Arithmetic Exception occurs

rest of the code

Example 4

In this example, we generate NullPointerException, but OOPs

didn'tConcepts
provideinthe
Javacorresponding exception

type. In such case, the catch block containing the parent exception class Exception will invoked.

MultipleCatchBlock4.java

public class MultipleCatchBlock4 {  
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    public static void main(String[] args) {  
          
           try{    
                String s=null;  
                System.out.println(s.length());  
               }    
               catch(ArithmeticException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Arithmetic Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception occurs");  
                  }    
               catch(Exception e)  
                  {  
                   System.out.println("Parent Exception occurs");  
                  }             
               System.out.println("rest of the code");    
    }  
}  

Test it Now

Output:

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Parent Exception occurs

rest of the code

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Let's see an example, to handle the exception without maintaining the order of exceptions (i.e. from
most specific to most general).

MultipleCatchBlock5.java

class MultipleCatchBlock5{    
  public static void main(String args[]){    
   try{    
    int a[]=new int[5];    
    a[5]=30/0;    
   }    
   catch(Exception e){System.out.println("common task completed");}    
   catch(ArithmeticException e){System.out.println("task1 is completed");}    
   catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){System.out.println("task 2 completed");}    
   System.out.println("rest of the code...");    
 }    
}   

Test it Now

Output:

Compile-time error

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