What is the purpose of printStackTrace()?

[deepakguddu]

What is the use of printStackTrace () function in java programming ?

[pbmods]

Heya, Deepak. Welcome to TSDN!

I'm going to go ahead and move this thread to the Java forum, where our resident Experts will be better able to help you out.

[JosAH]

What is the use of printStackTrace () function in java programming ?

It's a method of the Throwable class. All Exceptions are a subclass of that class.
The trace prints exactly where the program was at the moment the exception was
thrown: class and line number (if it could be found). It's a great debugging tool.

kind regards,

Jos