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.

The code in Listing 2 consists of various try/catch/finally blocks nested within one another. You can place try/catch/finally, try/catch, or try/finally blocks anywhere in your Java code. In addition, ...

A "finally" block is an optional component of an exception handler. Use it to define behavior that should always execute even if an exception is encountered. It is needed in some cases because you ...

Exception handling is just one area in which JRuby makes it easy to mix Java and Ruby. This blog posting has covered different ways to handle exceptions thrown by Java classes in JRuby code.

The reason this can become a nuisance is that some methods in Java will actually force the user to handle exceptions. This is where “try catch” in Java comes into play.