H. S. Teoh wrote: > If you try to open a file, FileNotFoundException should be > recoverable, but DiskFailureException should not. You need to > distinguish between them.
this innocent remakr shows in depth that exceptions have a meaning only under some specific modell. For a program trying to save valuable data from an already failing disk should have as modell, yes, some sort of failing disc. Within this modell a failing disc is normal and not to be seen as an exception. -manfred
