Java catch IOException

Question

I think this is basic stuff but i'm not sure what to do. Why do I get IOException never thrown in body of corresponding try statement

public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        File inputFile = null ;

        try
        {
            inputFile = new File("records.txt") ;   
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
            System.out.print("file not found!") ;
        }

Answer 1

The File constructor in itself doesn't do very much.

It is not until you actually start doing actual operations that IOExceptions can be thrown.