This document provides an overview of exception handling in Java. It defines what exceptions are, which are errors that disrupt normal program flow. There are three main types of exceptions: checked exceptions that must be declared, unchecked exceptions that do not need to be declared, and errors. The try-catch block is used to handle exceptions, with catch blocks specifying the exception types to handle. Finally blocks will execute regardless of whether an exception occurred or not and are used for cleanup code. Custom exceptions can also be created by extending the Exception class.