Error Handling
The two main concerns when handling errors in Visualforce are how uncaught exceptions impact the user interface and how to communicate caught exceptions to users.
Uncaught Exceptions
Allowing an uncaught exception in a trigger is often an appropriate way to notify the user of a problem because Force.com displays a nicely formatted error message to the user in the native user interface. But in a Visualforce page, uncaught exceptions result in an alarming, generic Force.com error page whose appearance cannot be controlled or customized in any way.
As this is typically not consistent with the usability and look and feel of a custom user interface, one of the goals of error handling in Visualforce is to avoid these uncaught exceptions. ...
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