diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
index 4e6d34ad..c5caa4f9 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/javasigar.c
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong SIGAR_JNI(ptql_SigarProcessQuery_findProcess)
     sigar_ptql_re_impl_set(sigar, NULL, NULL);
 
     if (status < 0) {
-        sigar_throw_ptql_malformed(env, sigar->errbuf);
+        sigar_throw_exception(env, sigar->errbuf);
     }
     else if (status != SIGAR_OK) {
         sigar_throw_error(env, jsigar, status);
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlongArray SIGAR_JNI(ptql_SigarProcessQuery_findProcesses)
     sigar_ptql_re_impl_set(sigar, NULL, NULL);
 
     if (status < 0) {
-        sigar_throw_ptql_malformed(env, sigar->errbuf);
+        sigar_throw_exception(env, sigar->errbuf);
         return NULL;
     }
     else if (status != SIGAR_OK) {
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/MalformedQueryException.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/MalformedQueryException.java
index 4933b2b4..a771f524 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/MalformedQueryException.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/MalformedQueryException.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 
 package org.hyperic.sigar.ptql;
 
+import org.hyperic.sigar.SigarException;
+
 /**
  * Exception for malformed process queries which cannot
  * be parsed.
  */
-public class MalformedQueryException extends Exception {
+public class MalformedQueryException extends SigarException {
 
     public MalformedQueryException() {
     }
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java
index 182f9fd6..9ce76e14 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/ProcessFinder.java
@@ -39,20 +39,15 @@ public class ProcessFinder {
     }
 
     public long findSingleProcess(String query)
-        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException {
+        throws SigarException {
 
-        try {
-            ProcessQuery processQuery =
-                ProcessQueryFactory.getInstance(query);
-            return findSingleProcess(processQuery);
-        } catch (MalformedQueryException e) {
-            throw new SigarException(e.getMessage());
-        }
+        ProcessQuery processQuery =
+            ProcessQueryFactory.getInstance(query);
+        return findSingleProcess(processQuery);
     }
 
     public long findSingleProcess(ProcessQuery query)
-        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException,
-        MalformedQueryException {
+        throws SigarException {
 
         if (query instanceof SigarProcessQuery) {
             return ((SigarProcessQuery)query).findProcess(getSigar());
@@ -75,25 +70,17 @@ public class ProcessFinder {
 
         ProcessFinder finder = new ProcessFinder(sigar);
 
-        try {
-            return finder.find(ProcessQueryFactory.getInstance(query));
-        } catch (MalformedQueryException e) {
-            throw new SigarException(e.getMessage());
-        }
+        return finder.find(ProcessQueryFactory.getInstance(query));
     }
 
     public long[] find(String query)
-        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException {
+        throws SigarException {
 
-        try {
-            return find(ProcessQueryFactory.getInstance(query));
-        } catch (MalformedQueryException e) {
-            throw new SigarException(e.getMessage());
-        }
+        return find(ProcessQueryFactory.getInstance(query));
     }
 
     public long[] find(ProcessQuery query)
-        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException {
+        throws SigarException {
 
         if (query instanceof SigarProcessQuery) {
             return ((SigarProcessQuery)query).findProcesses(getSigar());
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java
index 6b3f4c48..8be64733 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/ptql/SigarProcessQuery.java
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ public class SigarProcessQuery implements ProcessQuery {
     }
 
     public native long findProcess(Sigar sigar)
-        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException, MalformedQueryException;
+        throws SigarException;
 
     public native long[] findProcesses(Sigar sigar)
-        throws SigarException, SigarNotImplementedException;
+        throws SigarException;
 
     static boolean re(String haystack, String needle) {
         if (haystack == null) {