Java Exception Handling via Catch Block -

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• exception thrown in catch , clause 10 answers

when executing following code

1.    public class test { 2.      public static void main(string[] args) { 3.          try { 4.              int = 10 / 0; 5.          } catch (exception e) { 6.              int j = 10 / 0; 7.          } { 8.              int k = 10 / 0; 9.          } 10.     } 11.    } 

i getting error:

exception in thread "main" java.lang.arithmeticexception: / 0     @ test.main(test.java:8) 

i not getting reason why jvm throwing exception main() , not catch block.

if follow the step-by-step description of try-catch-finally in jls, see (in summary) if catch throws exception executed , (emphasis mine):

if catch block completes abruptly reason r, block executed.

if block completes abruptly for reason s, try statement completes abruptly for reason s (and reason r discarded).

so exception thrown catch block (which executed before block) discarded , reported exception 1 thrown in block.