must be caught or declared to be thrown...

> how would i go about something like that?

I am guessing that your program will not compile... something like this:

% cat HelloWorld.java

public class HelloWorld {

public static void main(String args[]) {

System.out.println("Hello, world!");

java.lang.Thread.sleep(500);

}

}

% javac -g HelloWorld.java

HelloWorld.java:5: unreported exception java.lang.InterruptedException; must be caught or declared to be thrown

java.lang.Thread.sleep(500);

^

1 error

Refer to this section of the Tutorial for an explanation:

Exception Handling Statements

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/exception.html

Hope this helps.

"Troubleshooting Guide for J2SE 5.0",

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/pdf/jdk50_ts_guide.pdf

timbell at 2007-7-7 12:52:28 >