Respawning application after its death

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1

/**
* Internal use only.
*/
public void handleError(String errMsg, Throwable t){
logger.log(Level.SEVERE, errMsg, t);
// user should add additional code to handle the error.
stop(); // stop the application
}

How absolute is "Internal use only" constraint? I'd like to assign some thread uncaught error handler to respawn application with stored state. May I use this "Internal use only" method to create new application thread on current thread failing?

Should I explicitly use setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler instead?
2

“internal use only” means “don’t call it yourself”. You can override it, of course.

3

maybe we should change that to “Called internally”

4

How about “Do not call, used automatically in case of uncaught error”

5

How about: “Do not call externally; automatically called internally in case of uncaught error”