Method definition with reflection doesn't show Exceptions

Question

According to the documentation, http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html#toString(), returns checked exceptions. I don't know about checked exceptions, but the following code doesn't give me any exceptions:
final Class[] parameters = {
   Class.forName("java.util.Collection")
Method method = Class.forName("java.util.ArrayList").getDeclaredMethod("addAll", parameters);
System.out.println(method.toString());Instead, I just get public boolean java.util.ArrayList.addAll(java.util.Collection)But addAll throws IndexOutOfBoundsException and NullPointerException - see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/java/util/ArrayList.html#addAll(java.util.Collection).
Umm... I'm puzzled, and any help would be very appreciated!

Answer 1

But addAll throws IndexOutOfBoundsException and NullPointerException Which are unchecked or runtime exceptions, not checked exceptions.
Runtime exceptions are not declared in Java throws clauses, though they may be mentioned inthe API docs. They inherit from the RuntimeException class.
Checked exceptions must be declared in the Java throws clause, and are subclasses of Exception which are not subclasses of RuntimeException. The compiler checks that checked exceptions are caught or declared by the calling method, hence the name.
Pete