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title: "Explain the user defined Exceptions?"  
description: "Explain the user defined Exceptions?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-05-07  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/854/explain-the-user-defined-exceptions  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Explain the user defined Exceptions?

**User defined Exceptions** are the separate Exception classes defined by the user for specific purposed. An user defined can created by simply sub-classing it to the Exception class. This allows custom exceptions to be generated (using throw) and caught in the same way as normal exceptions. \
**Example:** **\**

```
 class myCustomException extends Exception { // The class simply has to exist to be an exception  }
```

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

**User defined Exceptions** are the separate Exception classes defined by the user for specific purposed. An user defined can created by simply sub-classing it to the Exception class. This allows custom exceptions to be generated (using throw) and caught in the same way as normal exceptions. \
**Example:** **\**

```
 class myCustomException extends Exception { // The class simply has to exist to be an exception  }
```


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