> I like checked exceptions. Yes, sometimes (especially in the oldest APIs when they were still figuring this stuff out), they were overused but mostly I think

> I like checked exceptions. Yes, sometimes (especially in the oldest APIs when they were still figuring this stuff out), they were overused but mostly I think they encourage developers to really think about what happens in the failure case. I agree and like them in theory, but in practice the only practical thing that can be done with an exception is to get away from this section of code as quickly as possible and get back up to a layer where the user/system can be notified of the failure in some way. Cases where you actually can gracefully handle an exception like a missing file tend to be something you should check and not rely on exceptions for anyway.