Avoid Catch Generic Exception

Avoiding catching generic exceptions is generally recommended for several reasons:

1. Loss of Information:

   • Catching a generic exception like Exception or Throwable can hide important information about the specific type of error that occurred. This makes it harder to diagnose and fix the underlying problem.

2. Overgeneralization:

   • Catching a generic exception can lead to overgeneralization in error handling. Different types of exceptions may require different handling strategies, and catching them all with a single catch block can result in inappropriate error handling or masking of critical issues.

3. Unintended Consequences:

   • Catching a generic exception may inadvertently catch exceptions that should be propagated up the call stack for higher-level handling. This can lead to unexpected behavior or failure to handle critical errors properly.

4. Difficulty in Debugging:

   • When an exception is caught at a high level without specific information about the type of exception, debugging becomes more challenging. Developers may spend more time tracking down the root cause of the issue, especially in complex codebases.

5. Violation of Principle of Least Surprise:

   • Catching a generic exception violates the principle of least surprise, which states that code should behave in a way that is intuitive and predictable to developers. Explicitly catching specific exceptions makes the code's behavior more predictable and understandable.

Instead of catching generic exceptions, it's better to catch specific exceptions that you expect to occur and handle them appropriately. This allows for more targeted error handling, clearer code, and better resilience in your application. If there are common operations that need to be performed for different types of exceptions, consider refactoring them into separate methods or utility classes to avoid code duplication.