Java checked exceptions are a handy abstraction for a sequential workflow. When thread switches are introduced, even though the exception abstraction remains valid at the description level, the ...

While some programmers believe checked exceptions are a good language feature, others would disagree. In this post, Jeff introduces checked exceptions, then dives into the debate.

Java classifies exceptions into a few types: checked exceptions, unchecked exceptions, and errors, which must be handled by the JVM.

Every subclass of java.lang.Exception is a checked exception. A checked exception is one that must be advertised from the method that throws it and must either be caught or advertised from the caller.

• Checked Exceptions are exceptions that are checked by the Java compiler. The compiler is looking to see that your program is either performing exception handling through a try/catch block or ...