Throws IO Exception Error..

Question

Hi, basically I have a piece of code as follows:
import java.io.*;
public class EmpInFile
     private     DataInputStream input;
     public EmpInFile()
   public boolean  readRecord(Employee pers)
       boolean end = false;
       try {
            pers.setId(input.readInt());
            pers.setFirst(input.readUTF());
            pers.setLast(input.readUTF());
            pers.setSalary(input.readDouble());
            pers.setTaxCreds(input.readDouble()); 
            pers.setTaxCode(input.readChar());
            pers.setDeptCode(input.readChar());      
            pers.setYtdGross(input.readDouble());    
            pers.setytdTax(input.readDouble());
        catch ( EOFException eof )
            end = true;
     catch ( IOException e )
            System.err.println( "Error during read from file\n" +
                             e.toString() );
            System.exit( 1 );
        return end;              
     public void openFile(String filename)     throws java.io.IOException
          DataInputStream input = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename));
     public void closeFile()     throws java.io.IOException
               input.close();
}     This compiles perfectly but when I try to compile the driver program which uses this class I get the following error:
unreported exception in java.io.IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
and the error points to the method
public void closeFile()     throws java.io.IOException
               input.close();
     }but clearly I have declared an exception could be thrown so why am I still getting this error? I'm a complete java novice so apologies if this is a stupid mistake to make!
I'll post the driver program up aswell if it'll help at all, I'd be very grateful for any help!
Thanks!

Answer 1

So it was the call to the method that failed to compile. I suspected that, but why didn't you really just post the actual line of code that caused the error? Do you realize you only posted the code of the callee not the caller and this had nothing to do with the error?
As I said, it is important to clearly communicate the problem(s) and not make people guess.
Try harder next time.