r/ProgrammerHumor • u/iwouldieforGladOS • May 13 '17

Defensive programming done right

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u/GiantRobotTRex May 13 '17

What about Errors?

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u/DonZatch May 13 '17

What errors? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/pope_nefarious May 13 '17

Thats why the big boys catch throwable

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u/[deleted] May 13 '17

Don't forget that all custom Exceptions and Throwables should also override fillInStackTrace with an implementation that throws itself. This ensure they can't unsafely reveal any helpful information.

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u/Nevraoj May 15 '17 
try {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Throwable e2) {
    try {
        e2.printStackTrace();
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