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title: "What is difference between Checked and Unchecked Exception?"  
description: "What is difference between Checked and Unchecked Exception?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-01-11  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/318/what-is-difference-between-checked-and-unchecked-exception  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is difference between Checked and Unchecked Exception?

checked Exceptions must be dealt with in either a try/catch block or by declaring a "throws" in a method. Unchecked exceptions normally are Runtime exceptions like NullPointerException or ClassCastException.\

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

checked Exceptions must be dealt with in either a try/catch block or by declaring a "throws" in a method. Unchecked exceptions normally are Runtime exceptions like NullPointerException or ClassCastException.\


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