Table 1 Exception handling anti-patterns [15]
From: Studying the evolution of exception handling anti-patterns in a long-lived large-scale project
Anti-pattern | Meaning |
|---|---|
Unhandled Exceptions | Exception handling does not capture all possible exceptions thrown in a try block. |
Unreachable Handler | Exception handling code will never run. |
Catch Generic | Exception handling captures many low-level exceptions by setting a high-level exception. |
Destructive Wrapping | The developer propagates an exception as if it were another one. It causes loss of information regarding the original exception. |
Catch and Do Nothing | Catch block code is empty. |
Dummy Handler | The Exception handling code has no actions to recover errors. |
Ignoring Interrupted Exception | Caught exception is ignored in the catch block. |
Throw withing Finally | The code throws an exception within a finally block. |
Generic Throw | The code throws a generic exception. |