> Kind of ;) I think it's been around since java 1.0, so it > would predate > the reflection APIs that ararived with java 1.1, AFAIK. ;)
It does predate the java.lang.reflect API's, but it is still (structural) reflection. Anyway it seems the two exception approaches are functionally equivalent and it's really a matter of style/preference now: - UnsupportedOperationException + semantically close in meaning + allows simple use of try/catch in portable programs - not uniquely defining ie grepping for it will give false results - NYIException + semantically exact in meaning + uniquely defining + can be accommodated for by portable programs - requires a little more effort in catch blocks to identify Toss a coin. Cheers, David Holmes _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
