Need authoritative source for why you shouldn't throw or catch java.lang.Exception

Question

I\'ve got a coding standards meeting in just over an hour and I need a quick answer to this one.

Common wisdom among experienced Java programmers is that you don\'t

Answer 1

If you have a copy of Josh Bloch's Effective Java to hand, I know he covers exception handling in a fair bit of detail there. I don't have access to it at present so I can't summarise it or give you page references, but I'm pretty sure he's got some good arguments for not catching java.lang.Exception.