> unlike languages that use exceptions for errors I present to you Sneaky Throw, credit to the author in [1] public class Sneak { public static RuntimeE

> unlike languages that use exceptions for errors I present to you Sneaky Throw, credit to the author in [1] public class Sneak { public static RuntimeException sneakyThrow(Throwable t) { if ( t == null ) throw new NullPointerException("t"); Sneak.<RuntimeException>sneakyThrow0(t); return null; } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") private static <T extends Throwable> void sneakyThrow0(Throwable t) throws T { throw (T)t; } } Now you too can force your callers to accidentally swallow errors and have the code compile ;) [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/javaposse@googlegroups.com/msg05984.html https://www.mail-archive.com/javaposse@googlegroups.com/msg0...