The Java Tutorial points out that Errors are typically external to the Java application and thus normally cannot and should not be caught or handled by the application.

The first stack trace shows that the external exception originated in Library ‘s externalOp() method (line 26 in CauseDemo.java) and was thrown out of the call to this method on line 7.

Exception handling best practices The resolution to the log and rethrow antipattern? Just get used to logging exceptions when, and only when, they are handled. That puts all exception logging in one ...