Difference between throw and throws in java

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In this tutorial, we are going to see difference between throw and throws in java.

throw:

throw keyword is used to throw any custom exception or predefine exception.
For example:
Let’s say you want to throw invalidAgeException when employee age is less than 18.
Create a Employee class as below.

Create InvalidAgeException class as below

Now create a main class named EmployeeExceptionTest.java as below.

when you run above program, you will get below output:

throws:

throws keyword is used to declare list of all exception which method might throw. It delegates responsibility of handling exception to calling method.
For example:
Let’s say you want to declare InvalidAgeException in setAge() method when employee age is less than 18 and InvalidAgeException exception should be handled in main method.
Create a Employee class as below.

Create InvalidAgeException class as below

Now create a main class named EmployeeExceptionTest.java as below.

when you run above program, you will get below output:

If you notice, we have used throws keyword in Employee’s setAge method instead of handling InvalidAgeException.

Now we have used try catch block in main method to handle InvalidAgeException.

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