About Question enthuware.ocajp.i.v7.2.1133 :

[rafaparche]

Question ask about what kind of objects can be thrown using a throw statement? Throwable and Exception are obvious but RuntimeException is thrown by jvm not by user, isn't?


Thanks!

[admin]

Not necessarily. You can throw any exception including RuntimeException using a throw statement.

[leonardofaria00]

A resposta correta seria: Throwable, Exception e RuntimeException?

[admin]

Can you write it in English please?

[girishankaran]

The correct answer would be: Throwable, Exception and RuntimeException

[Deleted User 6318]

Exception and Error are two main subclasses of Throwable.

What are the other subclasses?

[admin]

There are several but not direct. Updated the explanation to make it clearer.

thanks for the feedback!

[labutis]

You can only throw a Throwable using a throws clause

Is this true? It seems that I can throw new Throwable(), just like with any other exception.

[admin]

You can only throw a Throwable using a throws clause

Is this true? It seems that I can throw new Throwable(), just like with any other exception.

Yes, it is correct. You quoted only half of the sentence. The complete sentence written in the explanation is:

You can only throw a java.lang.Throwable object (i.e. an instance of Throwable or any of its direct or indirect subclasses) using a throws clause.

Please check the part written within the parentheses. That should make it clear.

[labutis]

Thanks!
From the explanation, I got the impression, that

you can only throw a Throwable object using a THROWS clause,

but I should've read It

is you can only throw a THROWABLE object using a throws clause