Unveiling exception handling guidelines adopted by Java developers

• Main Authors: MELO, Hugo, COELHO, Roberta, TREUDE, Christoph
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: exception handling; exception handling guidelines; Java development; qualitative study; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8879; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9882/viewcontent/saner19.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Despite being an old language feature, Java exception handling code is one of the least understood parts of many systems. Several studies have analyzed the characteristics of exception handling code, trying to identify common practices or even link such practices to software bugs. Few works, however...