> I never understood the hatred checked exceptions received especially from the younger crowd. I worked with Java professionally for several years and in a sen

> I never understood the hatred checked exceptions received especially from the younger crowd. I worked with Java professionally for several years and in a sense I feel the same: Checked exceptions are not as bad as they are often portrayed. At the same time they are certainly not as nice as text book examples make them seem to be. For me the biggest downside always has been that their types are part of the method signature and therefore whenever you change the exception type of one class you more often than not end up refactoring half of your other classes too.