Is there an unhandled exception handler in Java?

Question

If i remember correctly in .NET one can register \"global\" handlers for unhandled exceptions. I am wondering if there is something similar for Java.

Answer 1

Assuming it is like catch(...) in C++ you would do:

try
{
   // your code here
}
catch(Throwable ex)
{
   // any sort of exception, even if the VM has choked on a peanut
}

In general this isn't a good idea unless you are dealing with 3rd party code (you should try to always throw subclasses of Exception (and not RuntimeException) in your own code - unless it indicates a programmer error that should be delt with via unit testing.