Re: Test or NullPointerException catch


"Wendy S" <wendywds@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Larry Barowski" <MElarrybar-AT-eng_DOT_auburnANOTHERDOTeduEND> wrote
>
> > Normally you should only catch checked exceptions.
> > Imagine there is a bug in that code, let's say an extremely
> > rare one, that throws a NPE. You would just catch and
> > ignore it, so you might not even be able to notice the bug
> > unless you determine that the data was not being processed
> > correctly.
>
> I agree that in general you shouldn't catch unchecked exceptions, but
since
> when does catching an exception automatically mean ignoring it?

It means ignoring or mis-handling other unexpected
exceptions caused by bugs. That is fairly clear in my
statement above.


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