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 ...

Java projects rarely feature a consistent and thorough exception-handling strategy. Often, developers add the mechanism as an afterthought or an as-you-go addition. Significant reengineering ...

Java developers learn to rely on their compilers to catch assignments to incorrect types, calls of nonexistent methods and—this article's topic—incorrect exception handling.