Of course, there are also the RuntimeExceptions that should really have been just Exceptions. These are often thrown by libraries where new features required ex

Of course, there are also the RuntimeExceptions that should really have been just Exceptions. These are often thrown by libraries where new features required exceptions to be thrown, but they couldn't be checked exceptions because the interface had to remain backwards compatible... Or, of course, libraries written by people who just don't like checked exceptions at all.