Question

I have a need to save a xml file in a directory …..if it is not well formed.
Just to analyze it for the reason for the failure.

How do i save the xml request in a directory in catch block?

i tried doing it..but the variables created in the try block seems undefined in catch block. I am a newbie…sorry if its a basic question. any solutions?

  try {
  Create a well formed xml request
  open a http connection and post it
   }
  //catching all exceptions here
  catch (Exception e) {

  e.printStackTrace();
  }

Answer 1

The {} braces are scoping the variables that are inside your try block, so they’re not available outside of that scope. You could do something like this:

String xml = null;
try {
  xml = ...; //Create a well formed xml request

  //open a http connection and post it
} catch (Exception e) {
    if (xml != null) {
        // write XML to file
    }
}