Re: errors vs. exceptions

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From: Archie Cobbs (archie@whistle.com)
Date: Tue Dec 08 1998 - 16:09:32 EST


Godmar Back writes:
> But see, it's not really a discrepancy: API functions can always raise
> errors or runtime exceptions. It's a judgement call as to which (real)
> errors to guard against and to turn into exceptions/errors.

Right.. though this only happens in the case of runtime exceptions.
Normal exceptions must be documented in the code via "throws".

> I guess we could file a bug report that says this stuff is "underspecified".

Yes.. so I guess we could argue that Sun should document what
methods throw what (known) runtime exceptions, when there are
special (or likely) cases. It is an open-ended problem though.

-Archie

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