title: "overridden method does not throw Exception"?
body: <p>I am writing a program that demonstrates the use of inheritance and overriding methods. I want to create an if statement that involves the use of an exception. I ave included the exception in my if statement but when I write "throws exception" a the beginning of the method, I m getting n error message that says ""overridden method does not throw Exception". Here is the code:</p>
  
  <p><strong>Sub class</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>public class Carnivore extends Animal
  {
     public Food eat(Food x) throws Exception
      {
          if (x.equals("Plants")) {
                  throw new Exception("Carnivores only eat meat!");
              } else {
                  return x;
              }
  
      }
      public void makeNoise()  
      {
          noise = null;
      }
      public String getNoise()  
      {
          return noise;
      }   
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Super class</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>abstract public class Animal {
  
  String name;
  int age;  
  String noise;
  
  abstract public void makeNoise();
  
  public String getName() {
          return name;
      }
  
      public void setName(String newName) {
          name = newName;
      }
  
  abstract public Food eat(Food x);
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help on how to re-write this so that the exception is thrown properly is appreciated, thanks.</p>