What type of exception is a subclass of the Throwable class?

In Java, exceptions derived from the Throwable class are divided into two main types:

• Exception — checked exceptions that must be handled or declared in the method using throws.
• Error — errors that are usually not handled by the application (for example, OutOfMemoryError).

Thus, an exception derived from Throwable is usually either a subclass of Exception or Error. In most cases, the term "exception" specifically refers to a subclass of Exception.