Uncatchable ChuckNorrisException

Question

Is it possible to construct a snippet of code in Java that would make a hypothetical java.lang.ChuckNorrisException uncatchable?

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Answer 1

No. All exceptions in Java must subclass java.lang.Throwable, and although it may not be good practice, you can catch every type of exception like so:

try {
    //Stuff
} catch ( Throwable T ){
    //Doesn't matter what it was, I caught it.
}

See the java.lang.Throwable documentation for more information.

If you're trying to avoid checked exceptions (ones that must be explicitly handled) then you will want to subclass Error, or RuntimeException.