Throws Exception in main and return code for JVM

Question

Hello,
Could someone tell me what the following statement :
public class Foo {
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) throws Exception {
// Some source code
is supposed to do with the return code of the VM when the Exception is thrown.
I mean what num�ric value is supposed to return the following instruction :
java -classpath ... com.app.Foo
Because my Java program is run in a script shell which is supposed to get a return code which as to be interpreted.
Off course I am not allowed to do the test myself because this script shell is executed on a production server ...

Answer 1

I don't know what the return code will be, but you could do this:
public static void main(String[] args)
  try
    // ...Run the program here...
  catch (Exception e)
    // Print the stack trace
    e.printStackTrace();
    // Exit with an error code
    System.exit(10);
}Jesper