Why am I getting errors with my Java try…catch?

Question

I\'m starting to teach myself more about Java error handling, and this is my first program where I\'m trying to see specific errors instead of using catch (Exception e)

Answer 1

Isnt the message clear? As you dont construct a File object, a FileNotFoundException can never be thrown in this try block. Therefor the compilers informs you that the catch block in unneccessary.