Java provides us facility to create our own exceptions which are basically derived classes of Exception. For example MyException in below code extends the Exception class.

We pass the string to the constructor of the super class- Exception which is obtained using “getMessage()” function on the object created.

// A Class that represents use-defined expception
class MyException extends Exception
{
public MyException(String s)
{
// Call constructor of parent Exception
super(s);
}
}

// A Class that uses above MyException
public class Main
{
// Driver Program
public static void main(String args[])
{
try
{
// Throw an object of user defined exception
throw new MyException("Prutor.Ai");
}
catch (MyException ex)
{
System.out.println("Caught");

// Print the message from MyException object
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}
Output:

Caught
Prutor.Ai
In the above code, constructor of MyException requires a string as its argument. The string is passed to parent class Exception’s constructor using super(). The constructor of Exception class can also be called without a parameter and call to super is not mandatory.

// A Class that represents use-defined expception
class MyException extends Exception
{

}

// A Class that uses above MyException
public class setText
{
// Driver Program
public static void main(String args[])
{
try
{
// Throw an object of user defined exception
throw new MyException();
}
catch (MyException ex)
{
System.out.println("Caught");
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}
Output:

Caught
null