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From: Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid>
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On 10/05/2011 05:31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro allegedly wrote:
> In message<iq9ai7$t2s$1@dont-email.me>, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
>
>> Secondly, although it is only a minor thing and only my personal
>> opinion, this:
>>
>>     } catch (IOException ex) {
>>       log.severe(ex.getMessage());
>>     }
>>
>> is a *very* bad idea. Log the full stack.
>
> It would be so much easier if you could simply not bother to catch the
> exception at all, and let your program crash with a full stack trace.

It would be yet much easier, as you perhaps one day will learn, to 
realise that checked exceptions are not a bother, but an almost 
invaluable tool.

And in cases you have to do something dirty, you can still simply throw 
an Error.

-- 
DF.
An escaped convict once said to me:
"Alcatraz is the place to be"