【Java】Difference between “throw new Exception“ and “new Exception“?（from stackoverflow）

happen until you throw it…

Consider following snippet:

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    foo(1);
    foo2(1);
    }

    private static void foo2(final int number) throws Exception {
    Exception ex;
    if (number < 0) {
        ex = new Exception("No negative number please!");
        // throw ex; //nothing happens until you throw it
    }

    }

    private static void foo(final int number) throws Exception {
    if (number < 0) {
        throw new Exception("No negative number please!");
    }

    }

the method foo() will THROW an exception if the parameter is negative but the method foo2() will create an instance of exception if the parameter is negative