Built-in Exceptions in Java with examples

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Last Updated : 04 Jul, 2020

Built-in exceptions are the exceptions which are available in Java libraries. These exceptions are suitable to explain certain error situations. Below is the list of important built-in exceptions in Java.
Examples of Built-in Exception:

Arithmetic exception : It is thrown when an exceptional condition has occurred in an arithmetic operation.

// Java program to demonstrate  
// ArithmeticException 
class ArithmeticException_Demo { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        try { 
            int a = 30, b = 0; 
            int c = a / b; // cannot divide by zero 
            System.out.println("Result = " + c); 
        } 
        catch (ArithmeticException e) { 
            System.out.println("Can't divide a number by 0"); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Can't divide a number by 0

ArrayIndexOutOfBounds Exception : It is thrown to indicate that an array has been accessed with an illegal index. The index is either negative or greater than or equal to the size of the array.

// Java program to demonstrate  
// ArrayIndexOutOfBoundException 
class ArrayIndexOutOfBound_Demo { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        try { 
            int a[] = new int[5]; 
            a[6] = 9; // accessing 7th element in an array of 
            // size 5 
        } 
        catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) { 
            System.out.println("Array Index is Out Of Bounds"); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Array Index is Out Of Bounds

ClassNotFoundException : This Exception is raised when we try to access a class whose definition is not found.

// Java program to illustrate the  
// concept of ClassNotFoundException 
class Bishal { 
  
} class Geeks { 
  
} class MyClass { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        Object o = class.forName(args[0]).newInstance(); 
        System.out.println("Class created for" + o.getClass().getName()); 
    } 
} 

Output:

ClassNotFoundException

FileNotFoundException : This Exception is raised when a file is not accessible or does not open.

// Java program to demonstrate  
// FileNotFoundException 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileNotFoundException; 
import java.io.FileReader; 
class File_notFound_Demo { 
  
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        try { 
  
            // Following file does not exist 
            File file = new File("E:// file.txt"); 
  
            FileReader fr = new FileReader(file); 
        } 
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) { 
            System.out.println("File does not exist"); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

File does not exist

IOException : It is thrown when an input-output operation failed or interrupted

// Java program to illustrate IOException 
import java.io.*; 
class Geeks { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        FileInputStream f = null; 
        f = new FileInputStream("abc.txt"); 
        int i; 
        while ((i = f.read()) != -1) { 
            System.out.print((char)i); 
        } 
        f.close(); 
    } 
} 

Output:

error: unreported exception IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown

InterruptedException : It is thrown when a thread is waiting, sleeping, or doing some processing, and it is interrupted.

// Java Program to illustrate  
// InterruptedException 
class Geeks { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        Thread t = new Thread(); 
        t.sleep(10000); 
    } 
} 

Output:

error: unreported exception InterruptedException; must be caught or declared to be thrown

NoSuchMethodException : t is thrown when accessing a method which is not found.

// Java Program to illustrate  
// NoSuchMethodException 
class Geeks { 
public Geeks() 
    { 
        Class i; 
        try { 
            i = Class.forName("java.lang.String"); 
            try { 
                Class[] p = new Class[5]; 
            } 
            catch (SecurityException e) { 
                e.printStackTrace(); 
            } 
            catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { 
                e.printStackTrace(); 
            } 
        } 
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { 
            e.printStackTrace(); 
        } 
    } 
  
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        new Geeks(); 
    } 
} 

Output:

error: exception NoSuchMethodException is never thrown 
in body of corresponding try statement

NullPointerException : This exception is raised when referring to the members of a null object. Null represents nothing

// Java program to demonstrate NullPointerException 
class NullPointer_Demo { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        try { 
            String a = null; // null value 
            System.out.println(a.charAt(0)); 
        } 
        catch (NullPointerException e) { 
            System.out.println("NullPointerException.."); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

NullPointerException..

NumberFormatException : This exception is raised when a method could not convert a string into a numeric format.

// Java program to demonstrate  
// NumberFormatException 
class NumberFormat_Demo { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        try { 
            // "akki" is not a number 
            int num = Integer.parseInt("akki"); 
  
            System.out.println(num); 
        } 
        catch (NumberFormatException e) { 
            System.out.println("Number format exception"); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Number format exception

StringIndexOutOfBoundsException : It is thrown by String class methods to indicate that an index is either negative than the size of the string.

// Java program to demonstrate  
// StringIndexOutOfBoundsException 
class StringIndexOutOfBound_Demo { 
public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        try { 
            String a = "This is like chipping "; // length is 22 
            char c = a.charAt(24); // accessing 25th element 
            System.out.println(c); 
        } 
        catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException e) { 
            System.out.println("StringIndexOutOfBoundsException"); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

StringIndexOutOfBoundsException

Some other important Exceptions

ClassCastException

// Java Program to illustrate 
// ClassCastException 
class Test { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        String s = new String("Geeks"); 
        Object o = (Object)s; 
        Object o1 = new Object(); 
        String s1 = (String)o1; 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: 
java.lang.Object cannot be cast to java.lang.String

StackOverflowError

// Java Program to illustrate  
// StackOverflowError 
class Test { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        m1(); 
    } 
public static void m1() 
    { 
        m2(); 
    } 
public static void m2() 
    { 
        m1(); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError

NoClassDefFoundError

// Java Program to illustrate 
// NoClassDefFoundError 
class Test // 
    { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        System.out.println("HELLO GEEKS"); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Note: If the corresponding Test.class file is not found 
during compilation then we will get Run-time Exception
saying Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError

ExceptionInInitializerError
Code 1:

// Java Program to illustrate  
// ExceptionInInitializerError 
class Test { 
    static int x = 10 / 0; 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Caused by: java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

Code 2 :

// Java Program to illustrate  
// ExceptionInInitializerError 
class Test { 
    static
    { 
        String s = null; 
        System.out.println(s.length()); 
    } 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException

Explanation : The above exception occurs whenever while executing static variable assignment and static block if any Exception occurs.

IllegalArgumentException

// Java Program to illustrate  
// IllegalArgumentException 
class Test { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        Thread t = new Thread(); 
        Thread t1 = new Thread(); 
        t.setPriority(7); // Correct 
        t1.setPriority(17); // Exception 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Explanation:The Exception occurs explicitly either by the programmer or by API developer to indicate that a method has been invoked with Illegal Argument.

IllegalThreadStateException

// Java Program to illustrate  
// IllegalStateException 
class Test { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        Thread t = new Thread(); 
        t.start(); 
        t.start(); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException

Explanation : The above exception rises explicitly either by programmer or by API developer to indicate that a method has been invoked at wrong time.

AssertionError

// Java Program to illustrate  
// AssertionError 
class Test { 
public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // If x is not greater than or equal to 10 
        // then we will get the run-time exception 
        assert(x >= 10); 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AssertionError

Explanation : The above exception rises explicitly by the programmer or by API developer to indicate that assert statement fails.

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