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Note that the above compliant solution prints a general Error instead of revealing sensitive information (See EXC01-J. Do not allow exceptions to transmit sensitive information). If no sensitive information can be potentially revealed by any of the possible exceptions, an equivalent mechanism that allows exceptions to be wrapped can be used. For example, if an applet doesn't have access to read system files that contain fonts from a file, it can do so accomplish the task from a privileged block without revealing any sensitive information. In fact, by not swallowing exceptions, the client will be able to deduce the symptoms of a read failure easily. In summary, if the code can throw a checked exception safely, use the form of doPrivileged method that takes a PrivilegedExceptionAction instead of a PrivilegedAction.
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