Java: startingPath as "public static final" exception
- by HH
[Updated]
Thanks to polygenelubricants's reply, the real problem is the exception from the method getCanonicalPath() because I cannot include try-catch-loop there.
$ cat StartingPath.java
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class StartingPath {
public static final String startingPath = (new File(".")).getCanonicalPath();
public static void main(String[] args){
System.out.println(startingPath);
}
}
$ javac StartingPath.java
StartingPath.java:5: unreported exception java.io.IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
public static final String startingPath = (new File(".")).getCanonicalPath();
^
1 error
