"timfox" wrote : | Declaring as throws Throwable forces the caller to handle RuntimeExceptions and Errors. | Exactly this. In some places not handling unchecked exceptions can lead to thread leaks, connection leaks, etc. If an excecution path requires deterministic behavior there is no such thing as an unchecked exception in that path. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3961318#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...