Take advantage of exception chaining in Java 1.4 Your email has been sent Additions to Java 1.4 enable an easier way to chain exceptions. Find out how java.lang ...

Java supports checked exceptions. This controversial language feature is loved by some and hated by others, to the point where most programming languages avoid checked exceptions and support only ...

Java’s compile-time checking does a pretty good job of keeping exceptions safely caged—you can’t call a method that throws a checked exception without catching the exception or declaring that your own ...

The term assert is a Java keyword that was introduced into the language with the JDK 1.4 release in February 2002. Java's assert keyword is unique in two very interesting ways: The Java assert is ...

In the last year or two, interest in "alternative" languages on top of the Java Virtual Machine has grown exponentially, to the point where three languages were blessed with official acceptance in the ...