Re: proper handling of InterruptedException

The cardinal rule is: Never hide the fact that an interruption occurred.

So, your choices are:
  - Throw IE yourself
  - Re-set the interrupted bit (Thread.currentThread().interrupt())
  - Handle the interruption

The classes in JUC (like BlockingQueue and Semaphore) throw IE since 
their caller is in a better position to deal with the interruption than 
they are.

Lots more detail in JCiP Ch 7.

Moran Avigdor wrote:
> A question arose, your opinions are welcome -
> 
> What is considered a proper handling of InterrupedException?
> Is it a common practice to throw InterruptedException when the thread 
> was interrupted while waiting?
> or should the thread catch it, ignore it and gracefully die?
> 
> Thank you.
>