If catching null pointer exception is not a good practice, is catching exception a good one?

Question

I have heard that catching NullPointerException is a bad practice, and i think it is sensibly so. Letting the NullPointerException to propagate to

Answer 1

You should only catch an Exception if you can add some value by doing so. Otherwise you should let it pass to the caller.

NullPointerException is usually the result of a bug in your code. How can you sensibly fix this in a catch block?

Not being bothered about Exceptions is not good practice.