What classes of exceptions may be caught by a catch clause?

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A catch clause can catch any exception that is a subclass of the Throwable class.This includes both:


Error (serious system errors), and


Exception (runtime or checked exceptions).


For example:

catch (Throwable t) {
    System.out.println("Caught any type of throwable error or exception");
}

What classes of exceptions may be caught by a catch clause?

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