Consider the program:

class ThrowNull {

  void foo() throws Throwable {
    throw(Throwable) null;
  }


  void bar() throws Throwable {
    throw null;
  }
}

Compiling this yields:

javac ThrowNull.java
ThrowNull.java:8: unreported exception <null>; must be caught or declared to be thrown
    throw null;
    ^
1 error

The literal null is an element of every type, including Throwable. The program
should compile without error; it is legal.


gilad.bracha@eng 2000-04-08