When there is a choice of exceptions to be thrown, it's not usually specified which one wins. Usually there's a natural order of operations that cause e.g. argument checking to happen first. Sometimes a code change can cause a different exception to be thrown, and that occasionally causes compatibility trouble.
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 7:43 AM Raffaello Giulietti <raffaello.giulie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > the InputStream.read(byte[], int, int) method [1] can throw > * IOException > * NullPointerException > * IndexOutOfBoundsException > > Is there a recommended priority for the conditions associated to the > exceptions to be checked? For example, if the arguments are invalid and > the stream is already closed, which exception shall be thrown? > > > Greetings > Raffaello > > ---- > > [1] > https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/14/docs/api/java.base/java/io/InputStream.html#read(byte%5B%5D,int,int)
