try catch block

[rex tony]

In try catch block,We are handling Exception catch block,Why we cant catch Throwable?.Is there any reason?

[Burkhard Hassel]

Howdy!

you can catch any class extending Throwable and Throwable itself, shouldn't be a problem.

class Test2343{
void foo() throws Throwable {
System.out.println("foo");
throw new Throwable();
}
public static void main(String[] args){
Test2343 test = new Test2343();
try {
test.foo();
} catch (Throwable thrw) {
thrw.printStackTrace();
}

}
}

Yours,
Bu.

[Brian Cole]

The point may be that, even though you certainly can catch Throwable, you probably shouldn't.

There are two kinds of Throwables: Exceptions and Errors. Errors are usually things that are difficult to recover from, such as VirtualMachineErrors.

It's fine to catch Exceptions, but you usually don't want to catch Errors.

This is a general rule. As usual, there are rare times to deviate from it.