Ah that’s right. I’m used to RuntimeException since that’s what people subclass to get out of the checked exception mess. The exact hierarchy around rare things

Ah that’s right. I’m used to RuntimeException since that’s what people subclass to get out of the checked exception mess. The exact hierarchy around rare things like OutOfMemory just isn’t something that ever comes up in day to day work so it’s easy to forget. Thanks for the correction.