How to Create User Defined Exception in Java

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What is User Defined Exception in Java?

User Defined Exception or custom exception is creating your own exception class and throws that exception using ‘throw’ keyword. This can be done by extending the class Exception.

 

  

class JavaException{
   public static void main(String args[]){
  try{
       throw new MyException(2);
       // throw is used to create a new exception and throw it.
  }
 catch(MyException e){
    System.out.println(e) ;
 }
}
}
class MyException extends Exception{
   int a;
   MyException(int b) {
     a=b;
   }
   public String toString(){
     return ("Exception Number =  "+a) ;
  }
}

Step 2) Save , Compile & Run the code. Excepted output -
 

 

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