'Exception cannot be converted to Throwable

I'm working on macOS with JDK8.

In catch, I have to give the entire name of exception like in this case (ArithmeticException e) instead of (Exception e) to run the code.

If I use (Exception e) it gives an error that I'm not getting on windows os.

why is that?? and how should I solve this??

The code works perfectly on windows OS with JDK8. On macOS work perfectly if the proper name of the exception (ArithmeticException e) is given.

import java.util.*;
public class ExceptionDemo
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
   int a,b,c;
   Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
   System.out.println("enter first number:");
   a=sc.nextInt();
   System.out.println("enter second number:");
   b=sc.nextInt();
   try
   {
       c=a/b;
       System.out.println("Result is:"+c);
   }
   catch(Exception e)
   {
       System.out.println("second number cannot be zero/0 "+e);
   }

   System.out.println("still running");
   }
   }

This is the error I'm getting as below:

incompatible types: Exception cannot be converted to Throwable catch(Exception e)

javaexception


Solution 1:[1]

catch(java.lang.Exception e) {
    // handle e
}

Use fully-qualified names if you aren't sure what is imported, and what class will be used under the name Exception.

The name Exception looks too broad for your application. [YourApplicationName]Exception would be a cleaner and conflictless root of your exception hierarchy (if you want to have one).

Solution 2:[2]

I was having the same problem, but later I noticed that my class name was Exception because of my class name which is(Exception ) I was getting that error .when I changed my class name (filename ) then it work.

Solution 3:[3]

If there is any file named "Exception.java" then rename that file and delete that class file then it will work fine.

Solution 4:[4]

The problem is your file name is Exception.java and the class you are trying to implement is the same, but from a different package (java.lang.Exception), so either you change your file name, or you can import that package, or you can write the full package at the catch param block.

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Andrew Tobilko
Solution 2 Anish Kumar
Solution 3 Sanjay Sanjay
Solution 4 Konrad Höffner

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