Suppressed exceptions play a significant role in the execution of the new-to-Java 7 try-with-resources statement (also known as Automatic Resource Management [ARM]).

java.lang.NullPointerException at dustin.examples.AvoidingNullPointerExamples.demonstrateNullPointerExceptionStackTrace (AvoidingNullPointerExamples. java: 222) ...

In an earlier tip I disagreed with one of Microsoft's recommendations for handling exceptions. I figure I'm on a roll, so here's another objection to some Microsoft advice on handling errors. In ...