[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The first two times use an exception for the error condition while
> the last one uses an explicit check. Although a try/catch clause looks
> like less work on the source-code level, the JVM must do a lot more
> in this case. Therefore exceptions should only be used to the case their name
> refers to: in exceptional cases.
Could you point to code you have used ?
It is obvious that 'exceptions' way is a lot slower if exception happens
- but if this doesn't happen it should be faster. So try to compare code
in which no such critical case happens, and then you should see
improvement in speed.
Artur
