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.

This article examines three sides of Java exception handling, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and offer some tips you can use along the way.

The perpetual debate on exception handling in Java can at best be described as a religious war: On one side, you have the proponents of checked exceptions arguing that callers should always deal ...

Test your knowledge of exception handling in Java with this tough, 10-question, multiple choice quiz.

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 exception handling antipattern.