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Use of exceptions in libraries

Mon, 12 May 2003 17:49:20 -0400

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In conclusion...almost

Mon, 12 May 2003 15:16:19 -0400
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Opinion: The Eternal Debate on Checked Exceptions

Mon, 12 May 2003 12:46:19 -0400

This isn't an argument: it's an attack on people who hold a different view to yourself as being inexperienced, ignorant or lazy. Your category of the inexperienced, ignorant and lazy includes Bruce Eckel (the editor has added a...

Connection.close()

Sat, 10 May 2003 18:25:38 -0400
Well, I could argue that using a connection for each transaction is bad because even using the same DB (and for example Sybase has different autocommit on close strategy then Oracle), you can usually set the behaviour. So your app relies on DB settings,...

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Fri, 09 May 2003 20:28:02 -0400
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Excerpt of discussion with Bruce (and others) on this subject

Fri, 09 May 2003 19:43:09 -0400
Some time ago I read an article written by Dr. Heinz Kabutz on this subject (against checked exceptions) and sent him an email stating my disappointment in his position. He replied and included Bruce Eckel on his reply, and Bruce added his own email,...

Agreed

Fri, 09 May 2003 19:27:05 -0400
I was going to respond much the same: You provide the wrapper exception class and the implementors can sub-class it as necessary.

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Fri, 09 May 2003 17:19:42 -0400
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Fri, 09 May 2003 17:00:14 -0400

On the other hand, there are certainly cases when you know for sure that exception is *fatal*, like (please forgive the simplicity of the example) a wrong variable passed into a method. In this case, you can throw a *runtime*...

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Fri, 09 May 2003 16:26:08 -0400
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Fri, 09 May 2003 16:03:17 -0400
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Fri, 09 May 2003 15:44:48 -0400
There's a tradeoff here. I think it's a greater evil to force all callers to deal with a 99.9% fatal exception. It does obscure code to no purpose, and it usually results in the "wrap and throw" game that produces reams of exception...

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Fri, 09 May 2003 15:31:35 -0400
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Fri, 09 May 2003 15:07:40 -0400
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Fri, 09 May 2003 14:00:56 -0400
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