# Import not Work

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/import-not-work/24063 "2019-04-11T19:54:56Z")\
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Jython’s Exception class does not inherit from Java’s base exception class - so exceptions thrown in Java code (ie, everything written by Inductive Automation) are not caught by Exception clauses. You have to catch both possible exceptions:

```auto
import java.lang.Exception

try:
    # something something something
except Exception, e:
    # jython exception
except java.lang.Exception, e:

```

or

```auto
import java.lang.Exception

try:
    # something something something
except (Exception, java.lang.Exception), e:
	#pass

```

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