Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Handling Java exceptions can be tricky. Which Java exceptions should you catch, and which ...

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. The value of this chapter was ...

Every time software runs, there's a potential for an error to occur that could grind the application to a halt. The Java programming language provides a number of ...

Error handling, also called exception handling, is a big part of Java, but it’s also one of the more divisive elements. Exception handling allows a developer to ...

If you’ve ever wanted to understand how failure is represented in source code, you’ve come to the right place. In addition to an overview of Java exceptions, this article gets you started with Java’s ...

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 normal execution. When writing code that can ...

Even though exception handling is common and every introductory Java course covers it, I still don't think we really know how to do it well. It is almost as if the general concept is still evolving ...

While Java is one of the most in-demand and widely used programming languages in the world, it is not without its detractors. Java is not a particularly beginner-friendly language and it is rife with ...

Everyone who codes Java EE web applications needs to pay attention to exception handling. When a program encounters an error, developers can display friendly messages for end users, which increases ...