throwable.
Capable of being thrown.
Meaning & usage
Capable of being thrown.
Capable of being thrown in the manner of an exception.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English throw Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English throwable From throw + -able.
Something that is throwable.
Any object that can be thrown in the manner of an exception.
Exceptions are thrown when some module of the project detects an error condition or if it handles some standard Java throwables.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English throw Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English throwable From throw + -able.
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