Can't catch Java (Android) Exception with try-catch

Question

I'm a Java (Android) beginner (coming from Python) and I'm trying to catch an exception using Try-Catch as follows:

try {
    u.save();
} catch (Exception e) {
    Log.wtf("DO THIS", " WHEN SAVE() FAILS");
}

To my surprise I don't see my Log message but I still get the following error:

09-25 10:53:32.147: E/SQLiteDatabase(7991): android.database.sqlite.SQLiteConstraintException: error code 19: constraint failed

Why doesn't it catch the Exception? Am I doing something wrong here? All tips are welcome!

The save() method looks as follows:

public final void save() {
    final SQLiteDatabase db = Cache.openDatabase();
    final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();

    for (Field field : mTableInfo.getFields()) {
        final String fieldName = mTableInfo.getColumnName(field);
        Class<?> fieldType = field.getType();

        field.setAccessible(true);

        try {
            Object value = field.get(this);

            if (value != null) {
                final TypeSerializer typeSerializer = Cache.getParserForType(fieldType);
                if (typeSerializer != null) {
                    // serialize data
                    value = typeSerializer.serialize(value);
                    // set new object type
                    if (value != null) {
                        fieldType = value.getClass();
                        // check that the serializer returned what it promised
                        if (!fieldType.equals(typeSerializer.getSerializedType())) {
                            Log.w(String.format("TypeSerializer returned wrong type: expected a %s but got a %s",
                                    typeSerializer.getSerializedType(), fieldType));
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            // TODO: Find a smarter way to do this? This if block is necessary because we
            // can't know the type until runtime.
            if (value == null) {
                values.putNull(fieldName);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Byte.class) || fieldType.equals(byte.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Byte) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Short.class) || fieldType.equals(short.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Short) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Integer.class) || fieldType.equals(int.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Integer) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Long.class) || fieldType.equals(long.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Long) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Float.class) || fieldType.equals(float.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Float) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Double.class) || fieldType.equals(double.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Double) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Boolean.class) || fieldType.equals(boolean.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (Boolean) value);
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Character.class) || fieldType.equals(char.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, value.toString());
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(String.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, value.toString());
            }
            else if (fieldType.equals(Byte[].class) || fieldType.equals(byte[].class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, (byte[]) value);
            }
            else if (ReflectionUtils.isModel(fieldType)) {
                values.put(fieldName, ((Model) value).getId());
            }
            else if (ReflectionUtils.isSubclassOf(fieldType, Enum.class)) {
                values.put(fieldName, ((Enum<?>) value).name());
            }
        }
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            Log.e(e.getClass().getName(), e);
        }
        catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
            Log.e(e.getClass().getName(), e);
        }
    }

    if (mId == null) {
        mId = db.insert(mTableInfo.getTableName(), null, values);
    }
    else {
        db.update(mTableInfo.getTableName(), values, "Id=" + mId, null);
    }

    Cache.getContext().getContentResolver()
            .notifyChange(ContentProvider.createUri(mTableInfo.getType(), mId), null);
}

Answer 1

There are two classes to catch the problems.

1. Error
2. Exception

Both are sub-class of Throwable class. When there is situation we do not know, that particular code block will throw Exception or Error? You can use Throwable. Throwable will catch both Errors & Exceptions.

Do this way

try {
    u.save();
} catch (Throwable e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}