Java applets and exceptions

I would like to check if a string consists only of integer characters (i.e. is a number) or if it's a word. I can use Integer.parseInt(mystring);, but the only thing I found about this is that I have to do the try-catch construction, which, unfortunately, at least in the Eclipse dev platform is errored out as some "init function has to be at the start" or something message.... any ideas?

thanks!

This is a duplicate of this thread: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=462271

I have put a reply in the first thread you created, I do not know if it is what you are looking for though.