Exceptions are not working. Is Java installed correctly?

Question

This is the situation:
import java.lang.Exception;
public class ExceptionTest
    class ExtendException extends Exception
        ExtendException(String x)
            super(x + " is bad.");
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throw ExtendException("an error");
}Compiling it gives this error:
$ javac ExceptionTest.java
ExceptionTest.java:15: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method ExtendException(java.lang.String)
location: class ExceptionTest
        throw ExtendException("an error");
              ^
1 errorIf I take the throw line out, it compiles ok.
Is this a problem with the Java installation on my Mac? Or with my mind?
Edited by: Dorice on Feb 11, 2008 1:08 AM

Answer 1

I get the same error declaring it static.
Furthermore, the following code:
import java.lang.Exception; // being maximal...
public class ExceptionTest
    public static void main(String[] args)
        throw Exception("an error");
}Has more or less the same problem:
$ javac ExceptionTest.java
ExceptionTest.java:7: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method Exception(java.lang.String)
location: class ExceptionTest
        throw Exception("an error");
              ^
1 error