SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java

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Title: ERR08-J. Do not catch NullPointerException or any of its ancestors  
Author: David Svoboda Nov 25, 2008
Last Changed by: Winfried Gerlach Jan 25, 2022
Tiny Link: (useful for email) https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/_TdGBQ
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (7)
    Page: ERR06-J. Do not throw undeclared checked exceptions
    Page: ERR09-J. Do not allow untrusted code to terminate the JVM
    Page: ERR01-J. Do not allow exceptions to expose sensitive information
    Page: ERR51-J. Prefer user-defined exceptions over more general exception types
    Page: EXP01-J. Do not use a null in a case where an object is required
    Page: ERR03-J. Restore prior object state on method failure
    Page: ERR07-J. Do not throw RuntimeException, Exception, or Throwable
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    Page: Rule 07. Exceptional Behavior (ERR)
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Jan 25, 2022 03:06 Winfried Gerlach View Changes
Jan 24, 2022 10:15 Winfried Gerlach View Changes
Aug 06, 2021 08:35 Jon O'Donnell View Changes
May 18, 2021 07:50 Michal Rozenau View Changes
Parasoft Jtest 2021.1
Mar 31, 2021 13:32 Jon O'Donnell  
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    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/388.html
    https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-1696
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/7.html
    Rule BB. Glossary#fault tolerance
    https://rules.sonarsource.com/java/RSPEC-1181
    Rule BB. Glossary#untrusted code
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SEI CERT Oracle Coding Standard for Java (16)     Page: Rule AA. References
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    Page: ERR06-J. Do not throw undeclared checked exceptions
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    Page: ERR09-J. Do not allow untrusted code to terminate the JVM
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    Page: ERR00-J. Do not suppress or ignore checked exceptions
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    Page: ERR07-J. Do not throw RuntimeException, Exception, or Throwable
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