ExceptionEvent.getCause() returns Throwable. Why ?

[Marc-André Laverdière]

Well...  Exception won't capture RuntimeException or Error.

You might want to catch runtime exceptions too... things like
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions, NullPointerException and all.
So the only way to do that, and catch your normal exceptions like
IOException and others, is to catch Throwable.

Marc-André LAVERDIÈRE
"Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and
complete, not lacking anything." -James 1:4
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2010/7/15 Tchoum <happytchoum at hotmail.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Why ExceptionEvent.getCause() returns Throwable instead of Exception ? Isn't
> it a bit risky to catch Throwable expecially in the case of OutOfMemoryError
> ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> PL
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