Why do you have to write throws exception in a class definition?

Question

Coming from C#, I just don\'t get this \'throws exception\' that is written after a class/method definition:

public void Test() throws Exception
         


        

Answer 1

You don't have to throw the exception if you catch the exception in your code. If you don't catch it, it gets passed along to the caller, which is why you would need the throws clause.