intercept versus try/catch

Question

I'm converting scala 'try/catch' testing code to use 'intercept'

Are there any scenarios where I should not use 'intercept' ? The only benefit of using 'intercept' instead of 'try/catch' is conciseness ?

Answer 1

I think the main difference is that intercept has a semantic that the exception you got is expected, and not cause by program error.

So I normally only use intercept when the test case it to test exception will throw correctly when user input it incorrect or similar scenarios.