Exception Hierarchy [WAS: Re: Top 5]

[Denis Koroskin]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:07:12 +0400, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org>  
wrote:

> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>>  I agree there should be a distinction between recoverable exceptions  
>> (normal exceptions) and nonrecoverable exceptions (contract failures?).  
>> I agree that "Exception" should be the name for normal exceptions. The  
>> others could be named "Error" or "Failure".
>> If we want the ability to catch these two separately, I don't see any  
>> other way other than having a third, top-level class, ie, a  
>> "Throwable", from which Exception and Error/Failure derive from.
>
> This is exactly the design that was decided upon.
>

Will we still be able to throw Object? Is Throwable an interface or a  
class?