JSP exception object

Using the JSP isErrorPage attribute of page directive, we can specify a web page which is displayed when an exception is thrown in a JSP web page. Within the page declared as an error page, we can use the JSP inbuilt exception object to access the exception raised in the original JSP web page. This inbuilt JSP exception object is an object of type java.lang.Throwable.

Methods of Throwable class

Methods	Description
String getMessage()	This method gets the message related to the thrown exception.
void printStackTrace()	This method prints Throwable obect and its the stack trace.
void *printStackTrace(PrintStream* ps)**	This method prints the Throwable object to the PrintStream object.
void *printStackTrace(PrintWriter* pw)**	This method prints the Throwable object to the PrintWriter object.
String toString()	This method returns the description of Throwable object.

An example of using the exception object

In the upcoming example, we are first going to create a JSP webpage named "JspExceptions.jsp".
In the JspExceptions.jsp web page, we are going to set an error page named as "HandlingError.jsp".
This error page "HandlingError.jsp" will be executed only when there is an exception or error thrown during the execution of the main web page.

JspExceptions.jsp

<%@ page errorPage = "HandlingError.jsp" %>
<html>
<head>	
<title>Using JSP config object</title>
</head>

<body>

<% 
int a=10, b=0, c;
	
c=a/b; 	//ArithmeticException i.e. Divide by zero exception is thrown here
out.println(c);	
%>

<br/>

</body>
</html>

HandlingError.jsp

<%@ page isErrorPage = "true" %>
<html>
<head>	
<title>JSP exception object</title>
</head>

<body>


<h2> Handling JSP exception using exception object </h2>

<% 
out.println("An exception is thrown by the web page - " + exception);
%>

</body>
</html>

Executing the JspExceptions.jsp throws an exception of type - ArithmeticException and this leads to the execution of error page HandlingError.jsp. Let us see how -

Please share this article -

< Prev

Next >

< JSP config object

JSP pagecontext object >

Please Subscribe

Please subscribe to our social media channels for daily updates.

Notifications

Please check our latest addition

C#, PYTHON and DJANGO