What is the general rule of thumbs for creating an Exception in Java?

Question

I have been in both situations:

• Creating too many custom Exceptions
• Using too many general Exception class

In both cases the project s

Answer 1

While creating your own exception:

• All exceptions must be a child of the Throwable Class

• If you want to write a checked exception that is automatically enforced by the Handle or Declare Rule, you need to extend the Exception Class

• If you want to write a runtime execption, you need to extend the Runtime Exception Class.