22 If there is a hierarchy of exceptions you can use the base class to catch all subclasses of exceptions. In the degenerate case you can catch all Java exceptions with:

Jun 10, 2012 · So, when catching exceptions you want to always catch the most specific first and then the most generic (as RuntimeException or Exception). For instance, imagine you would like to catch …

Jul 2, 2009 · In Java, is there any way to get (catch) all exceptions instead of catching the exceptions individually?

Trying to catch exceptions in the order shown in the original question results in a compile error, so the statement "All exceptions will be caught by the first block" is not applicable.

Jun 26, 2012 · You should avoid catching overly-broad Exceptions, which is what motivated the Java 7 change. Moreover you should never catch things that you are unable to deal with. Finally, you should …

Aug 22, 2008 · The main thing it depends on is where your are catching the exception. In general libraries should be more conservative with catching exceptions whereas at the top level of your …

Jan 16, 2015 · There are certain predefined exceptions in Java, which, if thrown, report that something serious has happened and you'd better improve your code, than catching them in a catch block (if I …

Why are some exceptions in Java not caught by catch (Exception ex)? This is code is completely failing out with an unhandled exception. (Java Version 1.4). public static void main (String [] args)...

May 22, 2011 · Catching Exceptions is something you should always do to handle states that are likely to happen, which is why it is enforced by the JVM. I.E. opening a file can cause a …

Jan 7, 2014 · By which @RC. means that there is no point catching and then immediately re-throwing the same exception without doing anything else in the meantime. You may as well just not catch the …