Question

Which way is better for exception handling in your opinion, if statements or Try/Catch blocks?

Because, as you know, all exceptions can handled with if statements.

Answer 1

It depends on the situation. I’ll try to explain.

Consider this simple example:

try {
  myVar.myFunc();
} 
catch(NullPointerException e) {
  //bla bla
}

OR

if (myVar != null) 
   myVar.myFunc();

If myVar can be null as part of your code flow, then you can use if statement, otherwise you should use the exception, because it probably caused because of things that were not under your control.