Eclipse warn about uncaught Error

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When failing to catch a subclass of Exception, Eclipse will issue a compilation warning (red).

However, when an subclass of Error is uncaught, no warning is issued, making it easy to forget including the throws SomethingError statement.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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This is the difference between checked (subclasses of Exception excluding RuntimeException) and unchecked exceptions (subclasses of RuntimeException or Error).

Oracle note on the subject
Stackoverflow: Java: checked vs unchecked exception explaination

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answered Aug 28 '12 at 15:51

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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This is essentially to avoid having to add exception handling code to every trivial line of code that you write. This question explains that really well: Why are Runtime Exceptions "unchecked" in Java?

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answered Aug 28 '12 at 15:57

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Eclipse warn about uncaught Error

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