Error Handling
Java statements are usually bracketed in try/catch blocks, so the program can intercept and handle exception conditions. Some methods require a try/catch block and the compiler will return an error if one is not included. In any case, using try/catch is the preferred and recommended practice.
COBOL and Java have similar try/catch syntax.
The Java syntax is:
try {
        java statements
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
The COBOL syntax is:
try
   cobol statements
catch exception
   exception-object:>printStackTrace()
end-try