Test your knowledge of exception handling in Java with this tough, 10-question, multiple choice quiz.

To solve these problems, Java embraced a new approach to exception handling. In Java, we combine objects that describe exceptions with a mechanism based on throwing and catching these objects.

Even though exception handling is common and every introductory Java course covers it, I still don't think we really know how to do it well. It is almost as if the general concept is still ...

Not sure what a try catch is? We explain how to use a try catch block in Java and how to write methods that throw exceptions.

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 ...