Classes used to manage exception

Question

Is it good to have a class with short methods used to catch Exceptions?

class ContractUtils{
  public static String getCode(Contract contract) throws MyException{
    try{
      return contract.getInfo().getCode(); //throws ContractException and LogicException
    }catch(Exception e){
      throw new MyException("error during code reading:"+e.getMessage, e);
    }
  }
  //other methods like above...
}

Answer 1

Your utility class ContractUtil introduces a level of indirection just to translate the original exception into another exception:

Instead of the direct call:

 return contract.getInfo().getCode()

you are now writing the more artificial

 return ContractUtils.getCode(contract);

But there might be situations where this solution can be justified, e.g.:

You are not allowed to throw ContractException or LogicException, and you are calling this method a lot of times.

But if you can change its signature it would e better to redesign the original method to throw only MyException.