Exception handling in Java 1.6

ExceptionHandling.java

package com.example.java;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Exception handling
 * <a href="http://www.journaldev.com/1696/exception-handling-in-java">Exception Handling in Java</a>
 */
class ExceptionHandling {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws MyException {
        try {
            processFile("file.txt");
        } catch (MyException e) {
            processErrorCodes(e);
        }
    }

    private static void processErrorCodes(MyException e) throws MyException {
        switch (e.getErrorCode()) {
            case "BAD_FILE_TYPE":
                System.out.println("Bad File Type, notify user");
                throw e;
            case "FILE_NOT_FOUND_EXCEPTION":
                System.out.println("File Not Found, notify user");
                throw e;
            case "FILE_CLOSE_EXCEPTION":
                System.out.println("File Close failed, just log it.");
                break;
            default:
                System.out.println("Unknown exception occurred, lets log it for further debugging." + e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private static void processFile(String file) throws MyException {
        InputStream fis = null;
        try {
            fis = new FileInputStream(file);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            throw new MyException(e.getMessage(), "FILE_NOT_FOUND_EXCEPTION");
        } finally {
            try {
                if (fis != null) fis.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new MyException(e.getMessage(), "FILE_CLOSE_EXCEPTION");
            }
        }
    }
}

class MyException extends Exception {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4664456874499611218L;

    private String errorCode = "Unknown_Exception";

    MyException(String message, String errorCode) {
        super(message);
        this.errorCode = errorCode;
    }

    String getErrorCode() {
        return this.errorCode;
    }
}