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 …

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

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If that is true, it means all expected exceptions should be checked exceptions. What if I expect something might fail and is unrecoverable by my application, but I wish to at least throw a …

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. …

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 program (e.g. …

Jul 1, 2016 · 1 You catch RuntimeExceptions (in any language: unexpected exceptions/“all” exceptions) when your program is doing multiple subtasks and it makes sense to complete …

Mar 10, 2010 · Catching Exception seems like an efficient way to handle multiple possible exceptions. Unfortunately, it traps all exception types, both checked and runtime exceptions, …

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 [] …