8.12. Exceptions
The Java programming language has a very nice error-handling system: exceptions. Exceptions can be “thrown” (generated) in one block of code and “caught” (handled) in an outer block or in a method that called the current one. Java exceptions differ from C++ exceptions in two major ways. The first major difference is that the exception-handling construct (try/catch) has a finally clause that always gets executed, regardless of whether or not an exception was thrown. The second significant difference is that you can require users of your methods to handle exceptions your methods generate; if they fail to do that, their code will not compile.
Basic Form
The simplest form of exception handling is a block of the following form:
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