Java: Dealing with exceptions

This week’s Java e-newsletter focuses on dealing with exceptions. Author David Petersheim’s offers this rule of thumb to use when deciding which exceptions to catch: If you can’t do something about an error, then don’t catch it. Tell us what you think about this rule of thumb.

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