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ASF GitHub Bot commented on CURATOR-219:
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Github user Randgalt commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/curator/pull/78#discussion_r32884938
--- Diff:
curator-client/src/main/java/org/apache/curator/ensemble/exhibitor/ExhibitorEnsembleProvider.java
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@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ else if ( port != thePort )
values.putAll(decodeExhibitorList(encoded));
done = true;
}
- catch ( Throwable e )
+ catch ( Exception e )
--- End diff --
I don't understand how this is an improvement. Exceptions such as NPE or
OOM would be lost with this change. By catching Throwable, those exceptions are
logged.
> Avoid use of Throwable
> ----------------------
>
> Key: CURATOR-219
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CURATOR-219
> Project: Apache Curator
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Mike Drob
> Assignee: Jordan Zimmerman
> Fix For: 3.0.0
>
>
> We liberally catch {{Throwable}} in our code, which can mask more troubling
> issues like {{OutOfMemory}} or other errors. In most cases we should be
> catching Exception instead.
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