Replace a checked exception with a runtime exception?

Question

Given that I basically want to eliminate checked exception usage and transform them to runtime exceptions, I would normally be doing something like this:

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Answer 1

If you're considering the other answer's use of Unsafe (I recommend not, but anyway), another option is to abuse generics to throw a checked exception with this evil pair of methods (from http://james-iry.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/on-removing-java-checked-exceptions-by.html):

   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private static  
     A pervertException(Throwable x) throws T {
      throw (T) x;
   }


   public static  A chuck(Throwable t) {
      return Unchecked.
        pervertException(t);
   }

You might also check out com.google.common.base.Throwables.getRootCause(Throwable) and just print its (root) stack trace.