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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java
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Rule 07. Exceptional Behavior (ERR)
ERR07-J. Do not throw RuntimeException, Exception, or Throwable
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ERR07-J. Do not throw RuntimeException, Exception, or Throwable
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David Svoboda
Nov 25, 2008
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ERR08-J. Do not catch NullPointerException or any of its ancestors
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ERR06-J. Do not throw undeclared checked exceptions
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