The document discusses exception handling in Java. It defines exceptions as abnormal conditions that disrupt normal program flow. Exception handling allows the program to maintain normal flow when exceptions occur. There are two main types of exceptions: checked exceptions which must be declared, and unchecked exceptions which do not need to be declared. The try, catch, and finally keywords are used to handle exceptions, with try blocks enclosing code that might throw exceptions, catch blocks handling specific exceptions, and finally blocks containing cleanup code.