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CatchAndPrintStackTrace

docs/bugpattern/CatchAndPrintStackTrace.md

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Discarding an exception after calling printStackTrace should usually be avoided.

java
try {
  // ...
} catch (IOException e) {
  logger.log(INFO, "something has gone terribly wrong", e);
}
java
try {
  // ...
} catch (IOException e) {
  throw new UncheckedIOException(e); // New in Java 8
}
java
try {
  // ...
} catch (IOException e) {
  e.printStackTrace();
}