Handling Network Errors

try {
											// connect to network host
											// perform network IO
											}
											catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
											System.err.println("Unknown host.");
											}
											catch (NoRouteToHostException ex) {
											System.err.println("Unreachable host.");
											}
											catch (ConnectException ex) {
											System.err.println("Connect refused.");
											}
											catch (IOException ex) {
											System.err.println(ex.getMessage());
											}

In this phrase, we illustrate the series of exceptions you should attempt to catch when performing network operations.

The first exception we try to catch is the UnknownHostException. This is a subclass of IOException and is thrown to indicate that the IP address of a host could not be determined.

NoRouteToHostException and the ConnectException are subclasses of SocketException. ...

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