thow and throws

[abhay jain]

what is a brief and best explanation of difference between throw and throws . please also specify a simple use of throws , it looks unnecessary to use throws

[Jesper de Jong]

Did you see the answers in your other post?

The throw keyword is used to throw an exception.
The throws keyword is used to specify that a method might throw an exception.

Study Lesson: Exceptions in Oracle's Java Tutorials.

[abhay jain]

Jesper de Jong wrote:Did you see the answers in your other post?

yes, i have seen but i was trying to get some more interesting and brief views on this specifically targeted question at throw and throws , but after your opinion......i also think that this one is like repeating the same stuff .. any way, thanks for response

[Campbell Ritchie]

abhay jain wrote:

Jesper de Jong wrote:Did you see the answers in your other post?

yes . . .

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