Below you will find example sentences with "exception handler". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Exception Handler in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 11
  • Discovered as a combination around: exception
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.4 words

Words in this phrase

exception handler

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • exception can mean: The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, state... Frequent word
  • handler can mean: One who handles something (especially manually) or someone. Less frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a global exception handler 1× an eiffel exception handler is defined 1× as an exception handler 1× called an exception handler to be 1× calls the exception handler and does 1× default uncaught exception handler may be 1× in the exception handler syntax for 1× in the exception handler the decision 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few languages 1× an eiffel exception 1× common lisp calls 1× exception handling is 1× in general an 1× in those languages 1×

Common sentence endings:

an exception handler 1× an uncaught exception 1× as the result 1× global exception handler 1× handler is found 1× may be taken 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

languages 5× stack 3× function 3× keyword 3× may 3× uncaught 3× calls 2× execution 2× example 2× ada 2× use 2× exceptions 2×

Related phrases

notable exception

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around exception:

notable exception 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

except maybe excellent way excellent performance examples include examination malpractices examination council

Just after it in the phrase index:

excess deaths excess savings exchange commission exchange nyse exchange rate exchange rates

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "exception handler" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a global exception handler, an eiffel exception handler is defined, languages, stack and function stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with notable exception and notable exception, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with exception handler

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

An Eiffel exception handler is defined using the rescue keyword. (10 words)

Common Lisp calls the exception handler and does not unwind the stack. (12 words)

We can ensure that all unhandled exceptions are caught by using a global exception handler. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

In those languages or environments the advent of a condition (a "generalisation of an error" according to Kent Pitman ) implies a function call, and only late in the exception handler the decision to unwind the stack may be taken. (39 words)

This default uncaught exception handler may be overridden, either globally or per-thread, for example to provide alternative logging or end-user reporting of uncaught exceptions, or to restart threads that terminate due to an uncaught exception. (37 words)

Exception handling is commonly not resumable in those languages, and when an exception is thrown, the program searches back through the stack of function calls until an exception handler is found. (31 words)

Example sentences (11)

Exception handling is commonly not resumable in those languages, and when an exception is thrown, the program searches back through the stack of function calls until an exception handler is found.

A few languages like AppleScript incorporate placeholders in the exception handler syntax for automatically extracting several pieces of information when the exception occurs.

In general, an exception is handled (resolved) by saving the current state of execution in a predefined place and switching the execution to a specific subroutine known as an exception handler.

Many languages allow a function called an exception handler to be written to handle this exception and, for example, always return "-1" as the result.

Some other languages like Ada use the keyword exception to introduce an exception handler and then may even employ a different keyword ( when in Ada) for the pattern matching.

This default uncaught exception handler may be overridden, either globally or per-thread, for example to provide alternative logging or end-user reporting of uncaught exceptions, or to restart threads that terminate due to an uncaught exception.

We can ensure that all unhandled exceptions are caught by using a global exception handler.

An Eiffel exception handler is defined using the rescue keyword.

As this was an exception handler, heavy use of the transcendental functions caused severe performance penalties.

Common Lisp calls the exception handler and does not unwind the stack.

In those languages or environments the advent of a condition (a "generalisation of an error" according to Kent Pitman ) implies a function call, and only late in the exception handler the decision to unwind the stack may be taken.