it is known as a checked exceptions. If try-and-catch semantics are not required, it is known as an unchecked exception. A checked exception in Java represents a predictable, erroneous situation that ...

This controversial language feature is loved by some and hated by others, to the point where most programming languages avoid checked exceptions and support only their unchecked counterparts.

Some programming languages like Java provide or recognize two types of exceptions: checked and unchecked. Checked exceptions are those that must be handled (mandatory) and are caught at compile time.

On the other side stand the followers of unchecked exceptions pointing out that checked exceptions clutter code and often can’t be handled in immediate clients anyway, so why force it?