Java: catching specific Exceptions

Question

say I have the following

try{
//something
}catch(Exception generic){
//catch all
}catch(SpecificException se){
//catch specific exception only
}

Answer 1

No. All exceptions would be caught by the first block. The second will never be reached (which the compiler recognizes, leading to an error due to unreachable code). If you want to treat SpecificException specifically, you have to do it the other way round:

}catch(SpecificException se){
//catch specific exception only
}catch(Exception generic){
//catch all
}

Then SpecificException will be caught by the first block, and all others by the second.