Question

I have written a java class where if a method throws an exception, an email is sent, via java mail, with a report to the administrators.

It works – my question is w.r.t elegance – to catch the exception thrown by the main method, the sendEmail() method resides in the catch block of the main method. The sendEmail() method has its own try-catch block.

In effect – it looks like below – is there a more beautiful way of writing this?

try {  
    foo;  
}  
catch {  
   try{  
    sendEmail();  
  }  
  catch {  
   log(e.message);  
  }  
}  

Answer 1

Java can have nested try / catch blocks.

If you’d like, you can move the try / catch sendmail block to another method. When the try / catch blocks are more complex, it will make the code easier to understand.