Java.lang.Exception problem .. help needed

Question

I have a class and i am trying to access a method of another class that is reading an object.
public void read(String filename) throws Exception {
String fn = filename;
ObjectInputStream out = null;
Object object = null;
try {
FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(fn);
out = new ObjectInputStream(file);
object = out.readObject();
out.close();
} catch (java.io.IOException IOE) {
if (out != null)
try {
out.close();
} catch (Exception ex) {}
throw IOE;
When i am compiling the program it is giving me this error
unreported exception java.lang.Exception; must be caught or declared to be thrown
I'm quite new to java ... could you tell me how to catch this exception
its in this part
scoreTable.read("scores.txt");
Thanks

Answer 1

Try this :
    private void someMethod(){
        try{
            read("c:\\bank\\testobject.txt");
        }catch(IOException ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }catch(ClassNotFoundException ex){
            ex.printStackTrace();
//        you can use the object here
    Object object;
    public void read(final String filename)  throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException{
        ObjectInputStream out = null;
        object = null;
        try{
            out = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename));
            object = out.readObject();
        }finally{
            if( out != null ){
                out.close();
    }