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It does not throw AssertionError instead Error: Could not find or load main class C:\Users\prashantj\TestClass.class for which compilation was successful

You are not doing something right. The question and its answer are accurate.

thank you,
Paul.

What is it mean by assertions are disabled by default?

It means that they aren't executed at run time if you don't explicitly enable them on the command line using the -ea switch. You may want to go through this: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/jp/8/tec ... le-disable

Even though the methodX() call is in try block, should the main() method not declare throws in its declaration as well because methodX() declares throws??

The call to methodX in main is already wrapped inside a try/catch. If an exception is thrown by methodX, it will be caught by this try/catch block and be consumed inside the main method itself. It will never be propagated outside the main method. Therefore there is no need to declare Exception in main method's throws clause.

HTH,
Paul.

admin wrote:The call to methodX in main is already wrapped inside a try/catch. If an exception is thrown by methodX, it will be caught by this try/catch block and be consumed inside the main method itself. It will never be propagated outside the main method. Therefore there is no need to declare Exception in main method's throws clause.

Then why the following code (QID - 2.1301) will not compile without the main method declaring:

class SomeThrowable extends Throwable { }

class MyThrowable extends SomeThrowable { }

public class TestClass{

public static void main(String args[]) throws SomeThrowable{
try{
m1();
}catch(SomeThrowable e){
throw e;
}finally{
System.out.println("Done");
}
}
public static void m1() throws MyThrowable{
throw new MyThrowable();
}
}

oh. Never mind. I think I got the answer. The declare in main method is due to exception being thrown in catch block. Hope I am right.

Correct.

It will throw AssertionError out of the main method means that that AssertionError is thrown by methodX() and, being not catched in methodX(), and (being that not a valid exception), after the thrown of AssertionError the program stops executing without continue in main() method?

Thanks, Elias.

Correct. The call to methodX(); in main throws an AssertionError, which cannot be caught by catch(Exception ). So the main method cannot continue after the call to methodX();

Hello. The correct answer is :
"It will throw AssertionError ."
What is it mean " out of the main method "?

"out of the method" just means that whoever calls the method will receive the exception. To make it clear that the exception generated inside the method body isn't handled inside the method itself and is therefore not thrown outside the method.