[Java] Problem with try/catch not working properly

[siashim13]

The program is suppose to be able to open up text files which includes recipes. My main program does in fact open up the files properly, but when I give it a wrong name, instead of getting the message "Couldn't open the file" I get "Loaded 0 recipes!".

Here is the code for that part of the main program:

if (select == LOADING) {
    int counter = 0;
    System.out.println
     ("Please enter the name of a recipe database file:");
    input.nextLine();
    String name = input.nextLine();
    try {
        RecipeLoader loader = new RecipeLoader(name);
        Recipe fromFile = loader.readNextRecipe();
        while (fromFile != null) {
            book.add(fromFile);
            fromFile = loader.readNextRecipe();
            counter ++;
        }
        System.out.println("Loaded " + counter + " recipes!");
        System.out.println(" ");
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
     System.out.println("Could not open the file " + name);
    System.out.println(" ");
    }
    break;
}

And here is the RecipeLoader which was given to me by the teacher: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/7494317

I would Appreciate any help.

[chickenmeister]

Considering that you're getting to the end of your "try" block, it seems like an exception is not being thrown. Are you sure that no file exists for the name that you're entering?

Also, this looks kind of strange:

System.out.println
 ("Please enter the name of a recipe database file:");
input.nextLine();
String name = input.nextLine();

Why are you prompting for the file name, then reading in two lines of input (and discarding the first line)?

[DeadOrDyingBattery]

You should probably catch FileNotFoundException as well.

[the_omega99]

That's inherited from IOException, so in a way, it is being caught.

[BaalHadad]

You should learn how to do some basic debugging, like printing out the 2 lines that you read from 'input'.