Is there a way to catch exceptions without breaking loop in Java? -

in java, there's difference between loop surrounded try-catch block if exception thrown inside while loop, , statement surrounded try-catch block inside loop.

for instance, following code snippets different:

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snippet 1:

try {     (file file : files) {         fileinputstream fis = new fileinputstream(file);         system.out.println("ok!");     } } catch (filenotfoundexception exc) {     system.out.println("error!"); } 

^this code snippet breaks loop if a filenotfoundexception is thrown. if file cannot read, loop breaks , java stop reading further files.

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snippet 2:

for (file file : files) {     try {         fileinputstream fis = new fileinputstream(file);         system.out.println("ok!");     }     catch (filenotfoundexception exc) {         system.out.println("error!");     } } 

^this code snippet not break loop if exception thrown, if exception occurs, code catches exception , continues next element in files. other words, won't stop reading files.

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now want read file in directory (say bananas.xml), and, unregarded if file readable or not—the xml file metadata file, might not required program run—, read corresponding directory (which bananas):

file main = new file("/home/mcemperor/test"); file fruitmeta = new file(main, "bananas.xml"); fileinputstream fruitinputstream = new fileinputstream(fruitmeta); // code throw filenotfoundexception // fruitinputstream...  file fruitdir = new file(main, "bananas"); if (fruitdir.exists() && fruitdir.canread()) {     file[] listbananas = fruitdir.listfiles();     (file file : listbananas) {         fileinputstream fis = new fileinputstream(file); // code throws filenotfoundexception         // fis...     } } 

now 2 lines in snippet above may throw filenotfoundexception , don't want break loop.

now there way make 1 try-catch block catches both lines if exception thrown, without breaking for-loop?

how this?

fileinputstream fruitinputstream = getfileinputstream(fruitmeta); ... fis = getfileinputstream(file);  private static fileinputstream getfileinputstream(file file) {     try {         return new fileinputstream(file);     catch(filenotfoundexception e) {         return null;     } }