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 ...

Learn everything you need to throw, try, catch, and clean up after Java exceptions in your programs.

I recently wrote that the chapter in Effective Java devoted to exception handling has been one of the most influential software development chapters I have read.

In fact, Java significantly raised the profile of exception handling for application developers by forcing exceptions to be advertised.