In Java, how do I set a return type if an exception occurs?

Question

hey all, I\'m new to Java and was wondering if I define a method to return a database object

like

import java.sql.*;

public class DbConn {

    public          


        

Answer 1

Never, ever, ever use a generic exception like that. If you don't have a ready made exception (in this case, an SQLException), make your own exception type and throw it. Every time I encounter something that declares that it "throws Exception", and it turns out that it does so because something it calls declares "throws Exception", and so on down the line, I want to strangle the idiot who started that chain of declarations.