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built-in exception comparison table

Subject		is a kind of	has definition	is partitioned into
exception	if an exception is raised in a statement that is not in a try block with an appropriate catch statement then Java looks to see if the caller of the current method is within a try block that has an appropriate catch block if this is not successful, Java looks at callers right up to the main program otherwise Java reports an error if it has not been able to find any suitable catch block	object	An event that happens during program execution that prevents the program from continuing normally; generally, an error	unchecked exception, checked exception
built-in exception	when a built-in exception is raised an instance of the exception's class is created that contains information about the problem causing the exception	exception

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