java - How check if throwed exception -

if have this:

public user finduserbyemail(string email) throws customernotfoundexception{         list<user> users = new arraylist<user>();         users = sessionfactory.getcurrentsession().createquery("from user email = ?").setparameter(0,email).list();          if (users.size() > 0) {             return users.get(0);         } else {             throw new customernotfoundexception();         }     } 

and in moment want check returned finduserbyemail(string email) method whether return user object or customernotfoundexception in end.

i tried in way

 private boolean searchcustomer(string email) throws customernotfoundexception{             if (hibernatedao.finduserbyemail(email).getclass() == user.class) {                 ....              } else { .... }         } 

is way or there betters?

no. nonononono.

use catch keyword catch exception.

try {    user thingie = hibernatedao.finduserbyemail(email); } catch (customernotfoundexception cnfe) {     // todo logic on failure } 

also remove throws statement searchcustomer method's signature if you're using try / catch mechanism , not rethrowing exception.