On Jul 11, 2014, at 7:56 PM, Remi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote: > On 07/11/2014 06:18 PM, Vladimir Ivanov wrote: >> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vlivanov/8050052/webrev.00 >> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8050052 > > I've found myself writing the very same code as > MethodHandleStatics.uncaughException several times > and I wonder if it should not be an instance method of Throwable. > Something like: > > public <E extends Throwable> E rethrow(Function<? super Throwable, ? extends > E> uncaughtHandler) { > if (this instanceof RuntimeException) { > throw (RuntimeException)this; > } > if (this instanceof Error) { > throw (Error)this; > } > return uncaughtHandler.apply(this); > } > > in that case, throw uncaughtException(ex) can be replaced by throw > ex.rethrow(::newInternalError); >
I suspect there could be a risk of some bootstrap/initialization issues using a method ref in such code. Paul.
