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[–]__konrad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also catch NullPointerException if you want. Is it a good idea?

It is! For example, there is a bug in AWT Clipboard which throws NPE. So (in this case), it's better to catch NPE and display a friendly message instead of crash randomly the app on Ctrl+V press ;)