Not sure what a try catch is? We explain how to use a try catch block in Java and how to write methods that throw exceptions.

This installment in the Essential Java language features tour addresses the first four small language features from that list — try-with-resources, switch-on-string, multi-catch, and final re-throw.

Handling Java exceptions can be tricky. Which Java exceptions should you catch, and which exceptions should you rethrow? And which exceptions can you ignore completely? This is a difficult skill to ...