Chapter 5. Control Flow, Exception Handling, and Assertions

Exam Objectives

• Write code using if and switch statements, and identify legal argument types for these statements.

• Write code using all forms of loops , including labeled and unlabeled use of break and continue, and state the values taken by loop counter variables during and after loop execution.

• Write code that makes proper use of exceptions and exception handling clauses ( try - catch - finally ), and declares methods and overriding methods that throw exceptions.

• Recognize the effect of an exception arising at a specified point in a code fragment. Note: The exception may be a runtime exception, a checked exception, or an error (the code may include try , catch , or finally clauses in any legitimate combination).

• Write code that makes proper use of assertions, and distinguish appropriate from inappropriate uses of assertions.

• Identify correct statements about the assertion mechanism.

Supplementary Objectives

• State the names of the major classes in the inheritance hierarchy of exception classes.

• Distinguish between checked and unchecked exceptions.

• Understand exception propagation through the runtime stack.