1. Java Exception Handling
2. Basic try-catch-finally Exception Handling in Java
3. Java Try With Resources
4. Catching Multiple Exceptions in Java 7
5. Exception Hierarchies
6. Checked or Unchecked Exceptions?
7. Exception Wrapping
8. Fail Safe Exception Handling
9. Pluggable Exception Handlers
10. Logging Exceptions: Where to Log Exceptions?
11. Validation - Throw Exceptions Early
12. Validation - Throw Exception or Return False?
13. Exception Handling Templates in Java
14. Exception Enrichment in Java
15. Execution Context

In Java 7 it was made possible to catch multiple different exceptions in the same catch block. This is also known as multi catch.

Before Java 7 you would write something like this:

try {

    // execute code that may throw 1 of the 3 exceptions below.

} catch(SQLException e) {
    logger.log(e);

} catch(IOException e) {
    logger.log(e);

} catch(Exception e) {
    logger.severe(e);
}

As you can see, the two exceptions SQLException and IOException are handled in the same way, but you still have to write two individual catch blocks for them.

In Java 7 you can catch multiple exceptions using the multi catch syntax:

try {

    // execute code that may throw 1 of the 3 exceptions below.

} catch(SQLException | IOException e) {
    logger.log(e);

} catch(Exception e) {
    logger.severe(e);
}

Notice how the two exception class names in the first catch block are separated by the pipe character |. The pipe character between exception class names is how you declare multiple exceptions to be caught by the same catch clause.