16. The method below is designed to print the smaller of two values received as arguments. Select the correct expression to complete the method.

public void showSmaller(Comparable value1, Comparable value2) 

{ 

 if ( _________________________ ) 

 System.out.println(value1 + " is smaller."); 

 else 

 System.out.println(value2 + " is smaller."); 

}

a) value1 < value2

b) value1.compareTo(value2) > 0

c) value1.compareTo(value2) == 0

d) value1.compareTo(value2) < 0

17. Which of the following is the correct syntax for creating a File object?

a) File inFile = File("input.txt")

b) File inFile = new File("input.txt")

c) File inFile = File.open("input.txt")

d) File inFile = new File.open("input.txt")

18. Insert the missing code in the following code fragment. This code is intended to open a file and handle the situation where the file cannot be found.

try 

{ 

 String filename = . . .; 

 Scanner in = new Scanner(new File(filename)); 

 . . . 

} 

___________________ 

{ 

 exception.printStackTrace(); 

} 

a) catch (IOException exception)

b) catch (new exception (IOException))

c) catch (IllegalArgumentException exception)

d) catch (IOException)