Propagating an Exception

Source: (PropagateException.java)

public class PropagateException {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      M1();
   }
 
   public static void M1() {
      System.out.println("M1 started");
      M2();
      System.out.println("M1 finished");
   }
 
   public static void M2() {
      System.out.println("M2 started");
 
      // The Exception thrown in M4() is handled here
      try {
         M3();
      } catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println("M2: " + e.toString() );
      }
 
      System.out.println("M2 finished");
   }
 
   public static void M3() {
      System.out.println("M3 started");
      M4();
      System.out.println("M3 finished");
   }
 
   public static void M4() {
      System.out.println("M4 started");
      int x = 10 / 0;  // Should throw Exception
      System.out.println("M4 finished");
   }
}
 

Output:

$ java PropagateException 
M1 started
M2 started
M3 started
M4 started
M2: java.lang.ArithmeticException: / by zero
M2 finished
M1 finished