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How do I surround code with a try/catch block?
Author: Deron Eriksson
Description: This tutorial describes how to surround code with a try/catch block in Eclipse.
Tutorial created using:
Windows XP || JDK 1.5.0_09 || Eclipse Web Tools Platform 2.0 (Eclipse 3.3.0)
One extremely common task that occurs when writing JavaSW applications is to catch exceptions via a try/catch block. EclipseSW can automatically generate a try/catch block for you. As an example, below we have an instantiation of a FileWriter object, which throws an IOException. 
Let's automatically generate a try/catch block to handle this exception. To do so, I highlight the code that I'd like to surround with the try/catch block. I then right-click and select Surround With → Try/catch Block. 
This automatically generates a try/catch block, as shown below. The IOException is automatically imported, and the catch block outputs the stack trace to standard error via e.printStackTrace(). 
This is one of the Eclipse tools that I consider essential. |