Question

I have a thread implemented inside a class using runnable like this:

static Runnable myThread = new Runnable() {
 public void run(){
  try{
  //do something forever 
  }catch(Exception e){
    //something happened. Re-run this thread
  }
 } 
}

I want to keep running this thread even when an exception is found. So, how can i do that inside the exception clause? Is there a more elegant solution to this?

Answer 1

Use a loop:

static Runnable myThread = new Runnable() {
  public void run() {
    for (;;) {
      try {
        ...
      } catch(Exception e) {
        ...
      }
    }
  } 
}

Whatever you do, I’d strongly encourage you to not silently ignore the exception. If there’s no better way to handle the exception, at the very least log it.