From a programming perspective, Java exceptions are library types and language features used to represent and deal with program failure in code.

Some exceptions in Java must be handled in the developer's code. Other exceptions can occur without any exception handling semantics at all. When an exception must be handled with try-and-catch ...

Suppressed exceptions play a significant role in the execution of the new-to-Java 7 try-with-resources statement (also known as Automatic Resource Management [ARM]).