8.5.  Runtime Exceptions--The Controversy

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• Although Java requires that methods catch or specify checked exceptions, they do not have to catch or specify runtime exceptions, that is, exceptions that occur within the Java runtime system.
• Because catching or specifying an exception is extra work, programmers may be tempted to write code that throws only runtime exceptions and therefore doesn't have to catch or specify them.
• This is "exception abuse" and is not recommended.

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