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Vadym Perlovskyi
2,435 PointsHello! Please tell me why do we need "throw Exception" in the MapLocation class if we can only use "try catch"
Hello! Please tell me why do we need "throw Exception" in the MapLocation class if we can only use "try catch" block in the Game class and in the catch block we can write "catch{Exception}". So why do we write throw Exception in the Maplocation.class?
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Steven Parker
229,657 PointsThe "throw" must be done at the point where the error is detected, and it is in the MapLocation class where the test is performed to check if the point is on the map.
The "try" and "catch" can be placed anywhere else in the code where the method that throws the exception is called. The ability for an exception to be handled in a different class from where it is thrown is one of the features of exceptions that make them useful.
Vadym Perlovskyi
2,435 PointsThank you very much!