Exception handling is a mechanism in modern programming languages. Studies have
shown that the exception handling code is error-prone. However, there is still limited …

Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering: Global-aware
recommendations for repairing violations Page 1 Global-Aware Recommendations for Repairing …

Despite being an old language feature, Java exception handling code is one of the least
understood parts of many systems. Several studies have analyzed the characteristics of …

Swift is a new programming language developed by Apple as a replacement to Objective-C.
It features a sophisticated error handling (EH) mechanism that provides the kind of …

Most software systems frequently encounter errors when interacting with their environments.
When errors occur, error-handling code must execute flawlessly to facilitate system recovery …

Uncaught runtime exceptions have been recognized as one of the commonest root causes
of real-life exception bugs in Java applications. However, existing runtime exception …

Modern programming languages, such as Java, use exception-handling mechanisms to
guarantee the robustness of software systems. Although important, the quality of exception …

The exception handling policy of a system comprises the set of design rules that specify its
exception handling behavior (how exceptions should be handled and thrown in a system) …

Exceptions often signal faulty or undesired behavior; hence, high-quality test suites should
also target exceptional behavior. This paper is a large-scale study of exceptional tests-which …

Developers need to consistently improve the internal structural quality of a program to
address its maintainability and possibly other non-functional concerns. Refactoring is the …