2 This method uses a try-catch block that catches Exception objects, but Exception is not
3 thrown within the try block, and RuntimeException is not explicitly caught. It is a common bug pattern to
4 say try { ... } catch (Exception e) { something } as a shorthand for catching a number of types of exception
5 each of whose catch blocks is identical, but this construct also accidentally catches RuntimeException as well,
6 masking potential bugs.