Multi-catch exception

Until Java SE 6 the catch block could handle only one type of exception at a time. You therefore had to accumulate several catches to perform a specific action for each type of exception. And as shown in the following code you often have to perform the same action for each exception.
Example: using Several Catch Exception Clauses

try {

// Do something

} catch(SAXExceptione) {

e.printStackTrace();

} catch(IOExceptione) {

e.printStackTrace();

} catch(ParserConfigurationExceptione) {

e.printStackTrace();



}

With Java SE 7 if the handling of each exception is identical, you can add as many exception types as you want, separated by a pipe character as shown in the following code:
Example: Using Multicatch Exception

try {

// Do something

} catch(SAXException | IOException | ParserConfigurationException e) {

e.printStackTrace();



}