Unit III Rupali Sherekar 2017

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1 Unit III

2 Exceptions An exception is an abnormal condition that arises in a code sequence at run time. In other words, an exception is a run-time error. In computer languages that do not support exception handling, errors must be checked and handled manually i.e. through the use of error codes, and so on. Java s exception handling avoids these problems and helps to handle run-time error errors

3 Exception-Handling Fundamentals A Java exception is an object that describes an exceptional (that is, error) condition that has occurred in a piece of code( i. e. a method). When an exceptional condition arises, an exception object is created and thrown in the method that caused the error. That method may choose to handle the exception itself, or pass it on(to inheriting methods). At some point, the exception is caught and processed. Exceptions can be generated by the Java run-time system, or they can be manually generated by your code. Exceptions thrown by Java are due to errors that break the rules of the Java language or of the Java execution environment. Manually generated exceptions are typically used to report some error condition to the caller of a method.

4 Exception-Handling Fundamentals Java exception handling is managed via five keywords: try, catch, throw, throws, and finally. Program statements that you want to monitor/check for exceptions are contained within a try block. If an exception occurs within the try block, it is thrown. Your code can catch this exception (using catch) and handle it in some rational manner. System-generated exceptions are automatically thrown by the Java run-time system. To manually throw an exception, use the keyword throw. Any exception that is thrown out of a method must be specified as such by a throws clause. Any code that absolutely must be executed after a try block completes is put in a finally block.

5 General form of an exception-handling block try { // block of code to monitor for errors } catch (ExceptionType1 exob) { // exception handler for ExceptionType1 } catch (ExceptionType2 exob) { // exception handler for ExceptionType2 } //... finally { // block of code to be executed after try block ends }

6 The Throwable class heirarchy

7 Exception Types Throwable is at the top of the exception class hierarchy. All exception types are subclasses of the builtin class Throwable. Immediately below Throwable are two subclasses that partition exceptions into two distinct branches. One branch is headed by Exception. This class is used for exceptional conditions that user programs should catch. This is also the class that you will subclass to create your own custom exception types.

8 Exception Types There is an important subclass of Exception, called RuntimeException. Exceptions of this type are automatically defined for the programs that you write and include things such as division by zero and Array Indesx out of bounds exceptions. The other branch is topped by Error, which defines exceptions cannot be caught by your program. Exceptions of type Error are used by the Java run-time system to indicate errors that deal with the run-time environment, itself. Stack overflow during recursion is an example of such an error.

9 Exception Types Exception handling is not designed to process problems associated with asynchronous events (e.g., disk I/O completions,network message arrivals, mouse clicks and keystrokes), which independent of, the program s flow of control.

10 Example WithoutExceptionDEmo.java(without exception handling) Explanation Program With Exception Handling Displaying the description of an exception

11 Multiple catch Clauses There can be multiple catch clauses for a single try block Ex: try{..}catch(someexception e1) {.. }catch(someexception e2) {.}

12 Multiple catch Clauses When an exception is thrown in the try block, The first catch is inspected for a match If it does not match the next catch is inspected This goes on till a match is found If no match is found, the Java run-time system will handle the exception

13 Multiple catch Clauses Ex class myclass{ public static void main(string arg[]) { try{ int a=integer.parseint(arg[0]); System.out.println(a/0); }catch(arrayindexoutofboundsexception e) {System.out.println( No value at command line );} catch(arithmeticexception e) {System.out.println( cannot divide by zero );} } }

14 Nested Try Statements The try statement can be nested. That is, a try statement can be inside the block of another try. Each time a try statement is entered and exception is thrown, the corresponding catch is inspected for a match If it does not match, the outer catch is inspected for a match. This continues until one of the catch statements succeeds, or until all of the nested try statements are exhausted. If no catch statement matches, then the Java run-time system will handle the exception

15 Example Nested Try Example

16 throw It is possible for your program to throw an exception explicitly, using the throw statement. using a parameter in a catch clause, or creating one with the new operator.

17 throw The general form of throw is shown here: throw ThrowableInstance; Here, ThrowableInstance must be an object of type Throwable or a subclass of Throwable. Primitive types, such as int or char, as well as non-throwable classes, such as String and Object, cannot be used as exceptions. There are two ways you can obtain a Throwable object:????

18 throw The flow of execution stops immediately after the throw statement; Any subsequent statements are not executed. The nearest enclosing try block is inspected to see if it has a catch statement that matches the type of exception. If it does find a match, control is transferred to that statement. If not, then the next enclosing try statement is inspected, and so on. If no matching catch is found, then the default exception handler halts the program and prints the stack trace.

19 throw ThrowEx2.java Many of Java s builtin run-time exceptions have at least two constructors: one with no parameter and one that takes a string parameter. When the second form is used, the argument specifies a string that describes the exception. This string is displayed when the object is used as an argument to print( ) or println( ). It can also be obtained by a call to getmessage( ), which is defined by Throwable.

20 Checked and unchecked exceptions Checked Exceptions : are the exceptions that are checked at compile time. If some code within a method throws a checked exception, then the method must either handle the exception or it must specify the exception using throws keyword. For example, consider the following Java program that opens a file at location d:\text1.txt. The program doesn t compile, because the function main throws a checked exception FileNotFoundException. Examples : FileNotFoundException, IOEXception, SQLException, ClassNotFoundException ThrowEx.java

21 Checked and unchecked exceptions Unchecked exceptions are not checked at compiled time. In Java Exceptions under Error and RunTimeException classes are unchecked exceptions, everything else under Throwable is checked Examples: ArithmeticException, IllegalAccessException, ArrayIndexOutofBoundsException

22 throws If a method is capable of causing an exception that it does not handle, it must specify this behavior so that callers of the method can guard themselves against that exception. This is done by including a throws clause in the method s declaration. A throws clause lists the types of exceptions that a method might throw. This is necessary for all checked exceptions(checked at compile time)

23 Throws general form This is the general form of a method declaration that includes a throws clause: type method-name(parameter-list) throws exception-list { // body of method } exception-list is a comma-separated list of the exceptions that a method can throw. Example ThrowsEx.java Unit3 progs\throwsex2.java

24 finally When exceptions are thrown, normal execution flow in a method is changed it is even possible for an exception to cause the method to return prematurely. This could be a problem in some methods. For example, if a method opens a file upon entry and closes it upon exit, then you will not want the code that closes the file to be bypassed by the exception-handling mechanism. The finally keyword is designed to address this emergency.

25 finally creates a block of code that will be executed after a try/catch block has completed and before the code following the try/catch block. The finally block will execute whether or not an exception is thrown. If an exception is thrown, the finally block will execute even if no catch statement matches the exception. Any time a method is about to return to the caller from inside a try/catch block, via an uncaught exception or an explicit return statement, the finally clause is also executed just before the method returns. This can be useful for closing file handles and freeing up any other resources that might have been allocated at the beginning of a method with the intent of disposing of them before returning. The finally clause is optional.. finally

26 Example Finally FinallyEx.java

27 Java s Built-in Exceptions Inside the standard package java.lang, Java defines several exception classes. The most general of these exceptions are subclasses of the standard type RuntimeException. These exceptions need not be included in any method s throws list. In the language of Java, these are called unchecked exceptions because the compiler does not check to see if a method handles or throws these exceptions.

28 A few points to remember A try block must be followed by a catch or a finally block. A try block can contain any number of catch block, but these catch blocks must represent distinct Exception Classes that too in narrow to broad order. A catch or finally block can not be used without a try block. There can not be any type of code in between a try, catch and finally blocks

29 Java s Unchecked RuntimeException Subclasses Defined in java.lang

30 Java s Checked Exceptions Defined in java.lang

31 Creating Your Own Exception Subclasses To create your own exception types to handle situations specific to your applications. just define a subclass of Exception (which is, of course, a subclass of Throwable). Your subclasses don t need to actually implement anything it is their existence in the type system that allows you to use them as exceptions. The Exception class does not define any methods of its own. It inherits methods provided by Throwable. Thus, all exceptions, including those that you create, have the methods defined by Throwable available to them.

32 Methods Defined by throwable

33 Example of own Exception OwnException.java

34 Exception handling review quiz Unit3 progs\exception Handling Quiz.docx

35 Need for Multithreading Multithreading enables you to write very efficient programs that make maximum use of the CPU time. This is especially important for the interactive, networked environment in which Java operates, because idle time is common.

36 Need for Multithreading In a single-threaded environment, your program has to wait for each task(like i/o) to finish before it can proceed to the next one even though the CPU is sitting idle most of the time. Multithreading lets you gain access to this idle time and put it to good use.

37 The Java Thread Model The Java run-time system depends on threads for many things, all the class libraries are designed with multithreading in mind. This helps reduce inefficiency by preventing the waste of CPU cycles.

38 The Java Thread Model For Example :In Java one thread can pause without stopping other parts of your program When a thread blocks in a Java program, only the single thread that is blocked pauses. All other threads continue to run

39 States of a Java Thread Threads exist in several states. A thread can be running. It can be ready to run as soon as it gets CPU time. A running thread can be suspended, which temporarily suspends its activity. A suspended thread can then be resumed, allowing it to pick up where it left off. A thread can be blocked when waiting for a resource. At any time, a thread can be terminated, which halts its execution immediately. Once terminated, a thread cannot be resumed.

40 Thread Priorities Java assigns to each thread a priority that determines how that thread should be treated with respect to the others. Thread priorities are integers that specify the relative priority of one thread to another. A thread s priority is used to decide when to switch from one running thread to the next. This is called a context switch.

41 Rules that determine when a context switch occurs A thread can leave control of CPU This is done explicitly by sleeping, or blocking a thread (on pending I/O). In this scenario, all other threads are examined, and the highest-priority thread that is ready to run is given the CPU. A thread can be preempted by a higher-priority thread. In this case, a lower-priority thread is simply preempted no matter what it is doing by a higher-priority thread. Basically, as soon as a higher-priority thread wants to run, it does. This is called preemptive multitasking.

42 Life Cycle of a Thread

43 Life Cycle of a Thread The life cycle of the thread in java is controlled by JVM. The java thread states are as follows: New Runnable Running Non-Runnable (Blocked) Terminated

44 Life Cycle of a Thread 1) New The thread is in new state if you create an instance of Thread class but before the invocation of start() method. 2) Runnable The thread is in runnable state after invocation of start() method, but the thread scheduler has not selected it to be the running thread. 3) Running The thread is in running state if the thread scheduler has selected it. 4) Non-Runnable (Blocked) This is the state when the thread is still alive, but is currently not eligible to run. 5) Terminated A thread is in terminated or dead state when its run() method exits.

45 Rules that determine when a context switch For operating systems such as Windows, threads of equal priority are time-sliced automatically in round-robin fashion. For other types of operating systems, threads of equal priority must voluntarily yield control to their peers. If they don t, the other threads will not run.

46 Synchronization Multithreading introduces an asynchronous behavior to your programs When two or more threads need access to a shared resource, they need some way to ensure that the resource will be used by only one thread at a time. The process by which this is achieved is called synchronization In Java each object has its own implicit monitor that is automatically entered when one of the object s synchronized methods is called. Once a thread is inside a synchronized method, no other thread can call any other synchronized method on the same object.

47 Messaging After you divide your program into separate threads, you need to define how they will communicate with each other. Java provides a way for two or more threads to talk to each other, via calls to predefined methods that all objects have. Java s messaging system allows a thread to enter a synchronized method on an object, and then wait there until some other thread explicitly notifies it to come out.

48 The Thread Class and the Runnable Interface(Javas ways of creating threads) Java s multithreading system is built upon the Thread class, its methods, and its companion interface, Runnable. To create a new thread, your program will either extend Thread or implement the Runnable interface. The Thread class defines several methods that help manage threads.

49 Few Methods of The Thread class

50 The Main Thread When a Java program starts up, one thread begins running immediately. This is usually called the main thread of your program, because it is the one that is executed when your program begins. The main thread is important for two reasons: It is the thread from which other child threads will be spawned(created). Often, it must be the last thread to finish execution because it performs various shutdown actions.

51 The Main Thread the main thread is created automatically when your program is started it can be controlled through a Thread class object. To do so, you must obtain a reference to it by calling the method currentthread( ), current Thread() is a public static member of Thread. Its general form is shown here: static Thread currentthread( )

52 Example for CurrentThread ThreadDemo1.java

53 Few methods static void sleep(long milliseconds) throws InterruptedException static void sleep(long milliseconds, int nanoseconds) throws InterruptedException final void setname(string threadname) final String getname( )

54 Creating a Thread(two ways) In the most general sense, you create a thread by instantiating an object of type Thread. Java defines two ways in which this can be accomplished: You can implement the Runnable interface. You can extend the Thread class, itself.

55 Implementing Runnable One way to create a thread is to create a class that implements the Runnable interface. To implement Runnable, a class need only implement a single method called run( ), run() method is declared like this: public void run( ) Inside run( ), you will define the code for the new thread. run( ) can call other methods, use other classes, and declare variables, just like the main thread can. run( ) establishes the entry point for another, concurrent thread of execution within your program. This thread will end when run( ) returns.

56 Using Runnable After you create a class that implements Runnable, you will instantiate an object of type Thread from within that class. Thread defines several constructors. one that we will use is shown here: Thread(Runnable threadob, String threadname) In this constructor, threadob is an instance of a class that implements the Runnable interface. This defines where execution of the thread will begin. The name of the new thread is specified by threadname. After the new thread is created, it will not start running until you call its start( ) method, which is declared within Thread. start( ) executes a call to run( ). The start( ) method is shown here: void start( )

57 Example using Runnable ThreadRunn.java

58 Extending Thread The second way to create a thread is to create a new class that extends Thread then create an instance of that class. The extending class must override the run( ) method, which is the entry point for the new thread. It must also call start( ) to begin execution of the new thread. Note that now ur class has extended the Thread class. So all the methods of Thread class are available with ur class. So now there is no need to explicitly create an object of the Thread class. The object of your class has access to all the available methods of the thread class as well as the extra methods defined by you in the class.

59 Example (extending Thread class) ThreadClas.java

60 MultipleThread.java Multiple Threads

61 isalive( ) and join( ) Two ways exist to determine whether a thread has finished. First, you can call isalive( )on the thread. This method is defined by Thread, and its general form is shown here: final boolean isalive( ) The isalive( ) method returns true if the thread upon which it is called is still running. It returns false otherwise.

62 isalive( ) and join( ) the method that you will more commonly use to wait for a thread to finish is called join( ), shown here: final void join( ) throws InterruptedException This method waits until the thread on which it is called terminates. Additional forms of join( ) allow you to specify a maximum amount of time that you want to wait for the specified thread to terminate.

63 Example AliveJoinEX.java

64 Thread Priorities Thread priorities are used by the thread scheduler to decide when each thread should be allowed to run. In theory, higher-priority threads get more CPU time than lower-priority threads. In practice, the amount of CPU time that a thread gets often depends on several factors besides its priority. (For example, how an operating system implements multitasking can affect the relative availability of CPU time.) A higher-priority thread can also preempt a lowerpriority one.

65 setpriority( ) To set a thread s priority, use the setpriority( ) method, which is a member of Thread. This is its general form: final void setpriority(int level) level specifies the new priority setting for the calling thread. The value of level must be within the range MIN_PRIORITY and MAX_PRIORITY. Currently, these values are 1 and 10, respectively. To return a thread to default priority, specify NORM_PRIORITY, which is currently 5. These priorities are defined as static final variables within Thread.

66 getpriority( ) You can obtain the current priority setting by calling the getpriority( ) method of Thread, final int getpriority( ) Example ThreadPrio.java HiLoPri.java Unit3 progs\counterthrd.java Unit3 progs\haretortoiserace.java

67 Synchronization When we start two or more threads within a program, there may be a situation when multiple threads try to access the same resource and finally they can produce unexpected results. For example if multiple threads try to write within a same file then they may corrupt the data because one of the threads can override data or while one thread is opening the same file at the same time another thread might be closing the same file. So there is a need to synchronize the action of multiple threads and make sure that only one thread can access the resource at a given point in time. This is implemented using a concept called monitors. Each object in Java is associated with a monitor.

68 Synchronization(In simple words) The problem can be solved by giving only one thread at a time exclusive access to code that manipulates(use/work with/change) the shared object(in our example the file). During that time, other threads that want to manipulate the object are kept waiting. When the thread, with exclusive access to the object finishes manipulating it, one of the threads that was waiting is allowed to proceed. This process iscalled thread synchronization

69 Synchronization Synchronization can be achieved in java in 2 ways: Using Synchronised methods Using Synchronized blocks. Once a thread is inside a synchronized method, no other thread can call that synchronized method on the same object.

70 Using Synchronized Methods In short: While a thread is inside a synchronized method, all other threads that try to call it (or any other synchronized method) on the same instance have to wait. When the thread returns from the synchronized method, the waiting thread gets a chance to enter the synchronized method

71 Example Synch2014.java Unit3 progs\synch2014extthrd.java Unit3 progs\synch2016extthrd.java

72 Synchronized block Many times you would want to synchronize access to a method of a class that was designed by someone else. This other developer has not synchronized the methods of his class You cannot change the design of the class In such cases you can use synchronized blocks This is the general form of the synchronized statement: synchronized(object) { // statements to be synchronized } Here, object is a reference to the object being synchronized. A synchronized block ensures that a call to a method that is a member of object occurs only after the current thread has successfully finished executing it. Synchblock.java

73 Interthread Communication Java includes an elegant interprocess communication mechanism via the wait( ), notify( ), and notifyall( ) methods. These methods are implemented as final methods in Object, so all classes have them. All three methods can be called only from within a synchronized context.

74 Interthread Communication wait( ) tells the calling thread to give up the monitor and go to sleep until some other thread enters the same monitor(is working on same object) and calls notify( ). notify( ) wakes up a thread that called wait( ) on the same object. notifyall( ) wakes up all the threads that called wait( ) on the same object. One of the threads will be granted access. These methods are declared within Object, as shown here: final void wait( ) throws InterruptedException final void notify( ) final void notifyall( ) Additional forms of wait( ) exist that allow you to specify a period of time to wait.

75 Interthread Communication Problem :Unit3 progs\qproblem.java Unit3 progs\consprod.java (Using Thread)

76 Interthread Communication Solution to Problem Unit3 progs\consprodcorrect.java (Solution using Thread)

77 Suspending, Resuming, and Stopping Threads Using Java 1.1 and Earlier Prior to Java 2, a program used suspend( ) and resume( ), which are methods defined by Thread, to pause and restart the execution of a thread. They have the form shown below: final void suspend( ) final void resume( ) final void stop( )

78 Using Suspend(), Resume(), and Stop() The suspend( ), resume( ), and stop( ) methods defined by Thread seem to be a perfectlyreasonable and convenient approach to managing the execution of threads, they must not be used for new Java programs BECAUSE.. The suspend( ) method of the Thread class was deprecated by Java 2 several years ago. This was done because suspend( ) can sometimes cause serious system failures. The resume( ) method is also deprecated. It does not cause problems, but cannot be used without the suspend( ) method as its counterpart. The stop( ) method of the Thread class, too, was deprecated by Java 2. This was done because this method can sometimes cause serious system failures.

79 Daemon threads Daemon thread in Java are those thread which run in background and mostly created by JVM for performing background task like Garbage collection and other house keeping tasks.

80 Daemon threads Any thread created by main thread, which runs main method in Java is by default non daemon A thread is explicitly made daemon by calling setdaemon(true). Thread.setDaemon(true) makes a Thread daemon but it can only be called before starting the Thread in Java. It will throw IllegalThreadStateException if corresponding Thread is already started and running.

81 Difference between Daemon and Non Daemon thread in Java : JVM doesn t wait for any daemon thread to finish before exiting. Daemon Thread are treated differently than User Thread when JVM terminates, finally blocks are not called Stacks are not unwound and JVM just exits. Its life depends on user threads. It is a low priority thread.

82 Methods in java.lang.thread for Daemon thread methods 1)public void setdaemon(boolean status) is used to mark the current thread as daemon thread or user thread. setdaemon(true) should be called before starting the thread Or it throws IllegalThreadStateException. 2)public boolean isdaemon() is used to check if the current thread is daemon.

83 Example Unit3 progs\testdaemonthread.java Example lifeunit3 progs\testdaemonthread1.java

84 Exam Questions Explain try catch block, finally block, throw, throws Explain multithreading Explain sleep(),notify() Explain user defined exception with example. Explain thread priority in detail What is an Exception?List some most common types of exceptions that might occur in Java. Give example. Explain built in exceptions with example Explain synchronization with example Explain how to create multiple threads Explain uncaught exceptions

85 Exam Questions Explain the importance of Runnable interface run method Thread class Explain the mechanism of exception handling Explain the two ways of creating threads in Java What are synchronized threads? How are they different from normal threads? Explain the thread lifecycle.

86 WAP in Java to creates five threads, that can print continuous integer values simultaneously(o/p like thread one 1 10 thread two etc) class ThreadRun{ } // empty class class MultiThread extends Thread{ ThreadRun o; int n; MultiThread(String nm,threadrun o,int n) { super(nm); this.n=n; this.o=o; start(); }//constructor public void run() { synchronized(o) {System.out.print(getName()+" "); for( int i=n;i<=n+9;i++) System.out.print(i+" "); System.out.println(); } }//run }//multithread class ExamExVar{ public static void main(string arg[]) throws Exception { ThreadRun ob=new ThreadRun(); MultiThread t1=new MultiThread("THread1",ob,1); Thread.sleep(100); MultiThread t2=new MultiThread("THread2",ob,11); Thread.sleep(100); MultiThread t3=new MultiThread("THread3",ob,21); Thread.sleep(100); MultiThread t4=new MultiThread("THread4",ob,31); Thread.sleep(100); } }