I recently wrote that the chapter in Effective Java devoted to exception handling has been one of the most influential software development chapters I have read.

The perpetual debate on exception handling in Java can at best be described as a religious war: On one side, you have the proponents of checked exceptions arguing that callers should always deal ...

checked exceptions; runtime exceptions; system level errors; and try, catch, finally blocks. Think you've got a solid grasp on how to develop effective, error-proof Java code? Take this tough, ...