[ARROW-17113] [Java] All static initializers should catch and report exceptions

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 10.0.0
• Component/s: Java
• Labels: good-first-issue good-second-issue pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/32417
• Assignee: David Li
• Reporter: David Li
• Created: 18/Jul/22 21:42
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:48
• Resolved: 09/Aug/22 11:44

Description

As reported on the mailing list: https://lists.apache.org/thread/gysn25gsm4v1fvvx9l0sjyr627xy7q65

All static initializers should catch and report exceptions, or else they will get swallowed by the JVM.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13678