31. catching IOException example

• A method that catches the IOException

  
      public static int getRecordCount2()
      {
          try
          {
              long length = getFileLength();   // may throw 
                                               // IOException
              int recordCount = (int) ( length / RECORD_SIZE );
              return recordCount;
          }
          catch ( IOException ex )
          {
              System.err.println( "IO error occurred" );
              return 0;
          }
      }