Geir Magnusson Jr <geir <at> pobox.com> writes: > Good question though - what does GNU Classpath do?
Throw better exception messages, of course ;) I don't see a specific rule regarding this in the GNU Classpath hackers guide [1], but as long as a specific exception message (format) is not mandated by the spec, we (should here, and do in GNU Classpath in general) take the liberty to provide (more) useful error messages. >From my experience with the RI, the exception messages tend to be of less then desirable utility to fix the problems that cause the exceptions [2], so copying them verbatim does not apper to be desireable to me. Moreover, the 'search engine optimization' effect of copying the same error messages would seem to be easily fixeable by providing better error messages in ant, if I understood Mark's example correctly ... So, to cut my post short, I'm with Elena on this: provide a useful exception message that helps the user figure out what the problem is. cheers, dalibor topic [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/docs/hacking.html [2] http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=377599&tstart=0 for a classic example: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver Obviously, it would be a bit more helpful to know where the system went looking for that class, for example. So Kaffe would give you: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: NoSuchClass not found in java.lang.ClassLoader$1{urls=[file:/home/topic/projects/kaffe/./], parent=null} which is a bit more helpful. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
