When should Throwable be used instead of new Exception?

Question

Given: Throwable is Exception\'s superclass.

When I read texts on writing your own \'exceptions\', I see examples of Throwable

Answer 1

Only two places you should see the word Throwable in code:

public static void main(String args[])
{
     try
     {
         // Do some stuff
     }
     catch(Throwable t)
     {

     }
 }

AND

public class SomeServlet extends HttpServlet
{
      public void doPost(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)
      {
         try
         {
             // Do some stuff
         }
         catch (Throwable t)
         {
              // Log
         }
      }
 }