The Java platform includes a variety of language features and library types for dealing with exceptions, which are divergences from expected program behavior.In my previous article, you learned ...

I look at this new exception class and discuss advantages of using it in this blog post and compare it to Java 7’s more general approach for handling multiple exceptions in a single catch clause.

THE NUANCES OF JAVA EXCEPTION HANDLING All language features have their associated nuances. This is also true of exception handling in Java. Let's look at a few of them. Keyword finally ... This ...

Either log or rethrow Java exceptions, but never do both. When an exception occurs in your Java code, you can log it or you can rethrow it -- but don't do both. Here's why you must avoid that ...

Top 10 Java Exception handling best practices. Here are the top 20 Java exception handling best practices software developers should follow: Be careful what you log. Don’t bury thrown exceptions. Use ...

Try essentially asks Java to try and do something. If the operation is successful, then the program will continue running as normal. If it is unsuccessful, then you will have the option to reroute ...

Some other good features of Java exception handling are checked exceptions, user-defined exceptions, and the new Java logging API coming out in JDK 1.4.