Should ArithmeticException appear before
RunTimeException in the list of catch blocks?
Answer:
Yes.
If RunTimeException appeared first, then
its catch block would catch all RunTimeExceptions,
including ArithmeticExceptions.
Should ArithmeticException appear before
RunTimeException in the list of catch blocks?
Yes.
If RunTimeException appeared first, then
its catch block would catch all RunTimeExceptions,
including ArithmeticExceptions.
A more compact way of showing the hierarchy is:
Exception
IOException
AWTException
RunTimeException
ArithmeticException
NoSuchElementException
InputMismatchException
IndexOutOfBoundsException
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
Others
Others
Don't memorize this diagram (for one thing, it is far from complete). But look at it to see what it says.
Which should come first in the catch blocks:
ArithmeticException or IndexOutOfBoundsException?