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.

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, ...

I know we've had many fine threads on exceptions in Java. Hopefully this particular question hasn't been discussed to death. I solved Problem 11 on Project Euler today. It requires you to do a ...