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.

Java exception handling with stack traces, exception chaining, try-with-resources, final re-throw, and StackWalker.

Null pointer exception is an “exception” (error) that is particularly common when programming in Java. For a beginner, this is a confusing and daunting message to receive, but it can be just ...

Test your knowledge of exception handling in Java with this tough, 10-question, multiple choice quiz.