is exception a subclass of error?

Question

is exception a subclass of error?

Answer 1

No

java.lang
Class Exception

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception

http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Exception.html

Answer 2

It's easy to check: Exception extends Throwable, and also Error extends Throwable. So the answer to your question is - no.

Answer 3

No. See apidoc of Throwable.

Answer 4

No. Exception and Error are both subclasses of Throwable.

Answer 5

No. Exception and Error both Subclass Throwable. The difference is that an Error represents such a fatal crash that a program should not even try and catch it. Exceptions should be caught and handled.