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Java exception
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Java exception	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
	is raised in a statement that is not in a try block with an appropriate catch statement, Java looks to see if the caller of the current method is within a try block that has an appropriate catch block, and Java look at callers right up to the main program and will report an error if it has not been able to find any suitable catch block
	is a kind of exception
exception	is thrown when something goes wrong in the execution of a program
	see also Exception class

Kinds of Java exception :

• Java built-in exception (2 facts)
• Java programmer-created exception class (2 facts)