Work on #385, added documentation and class diagram. Made refactoring changes to pass checkstyle and PMD checks

mute-idiom/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/mute/App.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
+
 package com.iluwatar.mute;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
@@ -28,33 +29,56 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
 
+/**
+ * Mute pattern is utilized when we need to suppress an exception due to an API flaw or in 
+ * situation when all we can do to handle the exception is to log it. 
+ * This pattern should not be used everywhere. It is very important to logically handle the 
+ * exceptions in a system, but some situations like the ones described above require this pattern, 
+ * so that we don't need to repeat 
+ * <pre>
+ * <code>
+ *   try {
+ *     // code that may throwing exception we need to ignore or may never be thrown
+ *   } catch (Exception ex) {
+ *     // ignore by logging or throw error if unexpected exception occurs
+ *   }
+ * </code>
+ * </pre> every time we need to ignore an exception.
+ * 
+ */
 public class App {
 
-  public static void main(String[] args) {
-    
+  /**
+   * Program entry point.
+   * 
+   * @param args command line args.
+   * @throws Exception if any exception occurs
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
     useOfLoggedMute();
-    
+
     useOfMute();
   }
 
   /*
-   * Typically used when the API declares some exception but cannot do so. Usually a signature mistake.
-   * In this example out is not supposed to throw exception as it is a ByteArrayOutputStream. So we
-   * utilize mute, which will throw AssertionError if unexpected exception occurs.
+   * Typically used when the API declares some exception but cannot do so. Usually a 
+   * signature mistake.In this example out is not supposed to throw exception as it is a
+   * ByteArrayOutputStream. So we utilize mute, which will throw AssertionError if unexpected
+   * exception occurs.
    */
   private static void useOfMute() {
     ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     Mute.mute(() -> out.write("Hello".getBytes()));
   }
 
-  private static void useOfLoggedMute() {
+  private static void useOfLoggedMute() throws SQLException {
     Connection connection = null;
     try {
       connection = openConnection();
       readStuff(connection);
-    } catch (SQLException ex) {
-      ex.printStackTrace();
     } finally {
       closeConnection(connection);
     }
@@ -64,14 +88,12 @@ public class App {
    * All we can do while failed close of connection is to log it.
    */
   private static void closeConnection(Connection connection) {
-   if (connection != null) {
-     Mute.loggedMute(() -> connection.close());
-   }
+    Mute.loggedMute(() -> connection.close());
   }
 
   private static void readStuff(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
-    if (connection != null) {
-      connection.createStatement();
+    try (Statement statement = connection.createStatement()) {
+      System.out.println("Read data from statement");
     }
   }
 

mute-idiom/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/mute/CheckedRunnable.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
+
 package com.iluwatar.mute;
 
 /**
@@ -32,5 +33,5 @@ public interface CheckedRunnable {
    * Same as {@link Runnable#run()} with a possibility of exception in execution.
    * @throws Exception if any exception occurs.
    */
-  public void run() throws Exception;
+  void run() throws Exception;
 }

mute-idiom/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/mute/Mute.java

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * A utility class that allows you to utilize mute idiom.
  */
 public final class Mute {
+  
+  // The constructor is never meant to be called.
+  private Mute() {}
 
   /**
    * Executes the <code>runnable</code> and throws the exception occurred within a {@link AssertionError}.