Error handling, also called exception handling, is a big part of Java, but it’s also one of the more divisive elements. Exception handling allows a developer to ...

In my next article, we’ll discuss Java’s more advanced exception handling capabilities ... Throwable provides the String getMessage() method to return the detail message.

This would be a good place for Sun's language designers to bend the rules (as in the case of String and Array initialization). My book Java Pitfalls explores several exception handling pitfalls ...