What is the difference between throw and throws clause?

Question

Accepted Answer

Solution:





Keyword
Purpose
Used In
Example




throw
Used to explicitly throw an exception from a method or block of code.
Inside a method or block.
throw new IOException("File not found");


throws
Used to declare that a method may throw certain exceptions.
In the method declaration.
void readFile() throws IOException





Explanation:


throw is used when you want to manually raise an exception.


throws is used when you want to inform the caller that this method might throw an exception that it must handle.

Keyword	Purpose	Used In	Example
throw	Used to explicitly throw an exception from a method or block of code.	Inside a method or block.	`throw new IOException("File not found");`
throws	Used to declare that a method may throw certain exceptions.	In the method declaration.	`void readFile() throws IOException`

What is the difference between throw and throws clause?

Answer with Explanation