Methods to print exception information

There are 3 methods to print the exception information

toString() method/ reference

printStackTrace() method
getMessage() method

toString()/ reference

Print exception information using public String toString() or reference varaible. If we print reference directly then internally toString() will call. 

package com.exceptions;

public class Test {

       public static void main(String[] args) {

              try{         

              System.out.println(10/0);

              }

              catch(ArithmeticException ae){

                     System.out.println(ae);

                     //or

                     System.out.println(ae.toString());

              }            

       }

}

Output: print exception class : description

java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

printStackTrace()

public void printStackTrace() method is available in java.lang.Throwable class to print exception information.

package com.exceptions;

public class Test {

       public static void main(String[] args) {

              try{         

              System.out.println(10/0);

              }

              catch(ArithmeticException ae){                 

                     ae.printStackTrace();

              }            

       }

}

Output: print exception class : description

               Print stack trace

java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero

       at com.exceptions.Test.main(Test.java:5)

getMessage()

public String getMessage() method is available in java.lang.Throwable class to print exception information.

package com.exceptions;

public class Test { 

       public static void main(String[] args) {

              try{         

                     System.out.println(10/0);

                     }

                     catch(ArithmeticException ae){                 

                           System.out.println(ae.getMessage());

                     }     

       }     

}

Output: Print description only

/ by zero