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 ...

Thus, making an exception checked forces the programmer to pay heed to the possibility of it being thrown. An example of a checked exception is java.io.IOException.

Hello! Pretty new to programming in general, and in working on a class assignment (data structures) I've hit a scenario where I'm not sure what is the best way to proceed.