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 ...

package dustin.examples; /** * Resource that throws exceptions both in its use and its closure and is only * intended for use in demonstrating Java 7's suppressed exceptions APIs. This * is not a ...

Java exception handling with stack traces, exception chaining, try-with-resources, final re-throw, and StackWalker.

What Is an Exception Handler in Java?. In Java, exceptions are one of many structures that govern the control flow of a program. Specifically, they are unintended side effects of a program's ...

A common software antipattern is to log and rethrow exceptions in Java. Here we explain why doing so will make troubleshooting errors harder.

Ever come across the null pointer exception in Java? We explain what this error message means, why it happens, and how to avoid the billion-dollar mistake.