If Class.forName() cannot find the classfile, it throws a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException object, which is a checked exception. You’ll see additional examples of throws later on. For now ...

The perpetual debate on exception handling in Java can at best be described ... or an unchecked base. The class diagram below shows our basic exception hierarchy. At this point, we have a strategy ...

and how to best use the exception class hierarchy provided by the Java development environment. Note on terminology: Some languages (or their development environments) use the terms raise and handle ...