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title: Exceptions
description: Client methods can throw two kinds of exceptions: Requests that were received by the Elasticsearch server but that were rejected (validation error, server...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/elasticsearch/clients/java/api-conventions/exception-conventions
products:
  - Elasticsearch
  - Elasticsearch Client
  - Elasticsearch Java Client
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# Exceptions
Client methods can throw two kinds of exceptions:
- Requests that were received by the Elasticsearch server but that were rejected (validation error, server internal timeout exceeded, etc) will produce an `ElasticsearchException`. This exception contains details about the error, provided by Elasticsearch.
- Requests that failed to reach the server (network error, server unavailable, etc) will produce a `TransportException`. That exception’s cause is the exception thrown by the lower-level implementation. In the case of the `RestClientTransport` it will be a `ResponseException` that contains the low level HTTP response.