Hi guys,
I'm facing an interesting question here : should constructors throw
checked exceptions?
I just feel like I don't like the idea at all, but may be I'm wrong...
The problem is that for the new ServerEntry API, I have to guarantee
that the constructors are called with valid parameters. There are many
possible options :
1 - use Assert in the constructors (but they will be disabled by
default if you don't add the -ea in the JVM command line)
2 - use Checked Exception (but then the caller will have to try...catch
the code
3 - use Runtime Exception
4 - don't do anything in the constructors, but handle the controls in
setters
5 - just consider the user won't use the constructors with bad parameters
6 - default to a base object if inside the constructor, we have some
exception
This is not clear to me what should be the best solution. ATM, I incline
to think that solution 3 is the less offending.
wdyt ?
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org
