Category: 9. Exceptions

Memory Map

Objective

Following rules are described

1. Item 69: Use exceptions only for exceptional conditions . . . . . . . 293
2. Item 70: Use checked exceptions for recoverable conditions and
3. runtime exceptions for programming errors . . . . . . . . . . 296
4. Item 71: Avoid unnecessary use of checked exceptions . . . . . . . . 298
5. Item 72: Favor the use of standard exceptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
6. Item 73: Throw exceptions appropriate to the abstraction. . . . . . . 302
7. Item 74: Document all exceptions thrown by each method. . . . . . 304
8. Item 75: Include failure-capture information in detail messages. . 306
9. Item 76: Strive for failure atomicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
10. Item 77: Don’t ignore exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310