title: Try/Catch or IF for handling missing Files?
body: <p>Is it better to try/catch exceptions or to use if statements to handle the different outcomes?</p>
  
  <p>I am writing a short program in Java to copy files for convenience, and use the ifs to handle the event where a file does not exist, and declare the throws for each method, but don't use try/catch. </p>
  
  <p>Should I go back and replace those ifs and the related sections with try/catches or is this "acceptable" programming" for sharing with a small community of users? </p>