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Uncaught exception within uncaught exception handler

This question may sound a little silly ;)

How would approach the possibility of an uncaught exception within the UncaughtExceptionHandler?

Solution

  • Well, you have to catch them yourself. The documentation of uncaughtException() linked by you states this clearly:

    Any exception thrown by this method will be ignored by the Java Virtual Machine.

    But you can only plan so far. So you handle the exceptions of your exception handler but who handles that code? It's the same with logging a failed logging event. Exception handlers all the way down...