About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v7.2.1017 :

[Daniel Clinton]

For this type of question,
where Exceptions/Errors are said to be thrown either:

1. by JVM
2. by Application (programmatically)

Would it be reasonable to see all checked Exceptions as being thrown programmatically?

[admin]

Yes, it would be a reasonable memory aid. But just to be clear, the opposite is not true i.e. all unchecked exceptions are not necessarily thrown only by the JVM automatically.

[mjmsausava]

The illegalState exception and illegalArgument exceptions are not checked exceptions but the answer says these should be handled by the programmer. I thought programmer is required to handle checked exceptions.

[admin]

No, the answer doesn't say they these should be handled by the programmer. Please read the complete explanation carefully and let me know if something is not clear.

thank you,
Paul.