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What is the difference between exception and error

Answered by Scott on 2005-05-12 09:50:36: An Exception can be caught and recovered: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException means you tried to access a position of an Array that does not exist - no big deal.

An Error is unrecoverable: OutOfMemoryError means that the JVM has no more memory to contin

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May 12, 2005 09:50:36

Scott

RE: What is the difference between exception and error

An Exception can be caught and recovered: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException means you tried to access a position of an Array that does not exist - no big deal.

An Error is unrecoverable: OutOfMemoryError means that the JVM has no more memory to contin

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December 15, 2006 06:32:22

syed abdul kather

RE: What is the difference between exception and error...

Thanks for your answer

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December 20, 2006 08:11:33

hari

RE: What is the difference between exception and error...

exception will give user friendly message which is defined in exception handling,whereas error message is standard given by oracle.

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