CheckStyle Coding practices - Exception handling

Exception handling - rules provided by CheckStyle

IllegalThrows

Throwing java.lang.Error or java.lang.RuntimeException is almost never acceptable.

MutableException

Ensures that exceptions (defined as any class name conforming to some regular expression) are immutable.

RedundantThrows

Checks for redundant exceptions declared in throws clause such as duplicates, unchecked exceptions or subclasses of another declared exception.

IllegalCatch

Catching java.lang.Exception, java.lang.Error or java.lang.RuntimeException is almost never acceptable.