A comprehensive guide to best practices for handling exceptions in Java, focusing on maintaining clarity and reliability in code.

Top 10 Java Exception handling best practices

Here are the top 10 Java exception handling best practices software developers should follow:

Be careful what you log.
Don’t bury thrown exceptions.
Use a global Exception handler.
Don’t close resources manually.
Throw early and handle exceptions late.
Don’t log and rethrow Java exceptions.
Check for suppressed exceptions.
Explicitly define exception in the throws clause.
Catch the most explicit exception first.
Use modern exception handling semantics.
Cameron McKenzie, TechTarget

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