Unreported exception java.lang.Exception; must be caught or declared

Question

I've got a piece of code that's causing an error during compilation.
W:\Java\Covenant\src\covenant\Login.java:174: unreported exception java.lang.Exception; must be caught or declared to be thrownThe line of code it is refering to is:
new Overview().setVisible(true);And it is part of a try/catch statement:
    private void logincheck(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {                           
        try {
            char[] PasswordInput = Password.getPassword();
            String PasswordRaw = new String(PasswordInput);
            String Passwordmd5 = md5(PasswordRaw);
            String UsernameInput = Username.getText();
            URL theUrl = new URL("http://www.phoenixrising.at/iris/validate.php?login=1&u=" + UsernameInput + "&p=" + Passwordmd5 +"");
            BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                    new InputStreamReader(
                    theUrl.openStream()));
            String inputLine = in.readLine();
            if (inputLine.equals("valid")) {
                new Overview().setVisible(true);
                this.setVisible(false);
                System.out.println( "You have entered the correct password" );
            } else {
                System.out.println(theUrl);
            in.close();
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
    }      Can anyone see what might be causing this error?

Answer 1

Can anyone see what might be causing this error? That line of code declares that it throws exception java.lang.Exception, so you must either catch it ("must be caught" - like you do the more specific Exceptions) or declare your logincheck method to throw it ("or declared to be thrown").