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 ...

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.

The Java platform includes a variety of language features and library types for dealing with exceptions, which are divergences from expected program behavior. In my previous article, you learned ...

Dealing with exceptions isn't limited to simply registering the fact that an exception occurred. When Java applications throw an exception, the Java Virtual Machine generates an exception object ...

A good example would be the FileNotFoundException. This does exactly what it says on the tin: this exception is “thrown” when Java looks for a particular file and can’t find it.

Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX ...