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How does Kotlin handle exceptions and error handling strategies?

Updated May 16, 2026

Short answer

Kotlin uses try-catch but also encourages Result and sealed classes.

Deep explanation

Kotlin does not have checked exceptions. It encourages safer patterns like Result<T> and sealed classes to represent success/failure states in a structured way.

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