Methods must not throw RuntimeException or Exception. Handling these exceptions requires catching RuntimeException, which is disallowed by rule ERR14ERR08-J. Do not catch NullPointerException or any of its ancestors. Moreover, throwing a RuntimeException can lead to subtle errors; for example, a caller cannot examine the exception to determine why it was thrown and consequently cannot attempt recovery.
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A calling method must also violate rule ERR14ERR08-J. Do not catch NullPointerException or any of its ancestors to determine if the RuntimeException was thrown.
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