Every subclass of java.lang.Exception is a checked exception. A checked exception is one that must be advertised from the method that throws it and must either be caught or advertised from the caller.

Exceptions are the customary way in Java to indicate to a calling method that an abnormal condition has occurred. This article discusses two techniques to use when working with exceptions: nesting ...

Suppressed exceptions play a significant role in the execution of the new-to-Java 7 try-with-resources statement (also known as Automatic Resource Management [ARM]).

Some exceptions in Java must be handled in the developer's code. Other exceptions can occur without any exception handling semantics at all. When an exception must be handled with try-and-catch ...