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Joerg Schaible commented on LANG-497:
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bq. I'm guessing you typically do not create a new ContextedFooException
subclass for every FooException you may have been accustomed to programming
with, so have you seen no downside to publishing APIs that declare "throws
ContextedException"?
Well, that's exactly what we do in XStream. We derive a lot of exceptions from
one root exception with this functionality. All of those are used somewhere in
the marshalling/unmarshalling code i.e. they suite everywhere where you have a
bigger context in a deeply nested, recursive application flow. The type of the
exception still tells you what kind of problem happened (e.g. parser error,
unresolved object reference, ...) and the context is completed with information
that allows you to identify the appropriate location in your object graph or
XML structure.
bq. I wonder, when this is added to [lang], if it might be appropriate to
create a sandbox component (one utility class? :| ) that could dynamically
generate Contexted subclasses. You'd need another interface to support this,
though. Then you could use APIs that are still familiar to developers but still
provide context.
Please try to rephrase, I am not getting what you try to tell me here.
bq. Then you could use APIs that are still familiar to developers but still
provide context. You could also include convenience code in this utility like:
Well, why not ? ;-)
> Addition of ContextedException and ContextedRuntimeException
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: LANG-497
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-497
> Project: Commons Lang
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: Derek C. Ashmore
> Fix For: 3.0
>
> Attachments: ContextedException.java, ContextedExceptionTest.java,
> ContextedRuntimeException.java, ContextedRuntimeExceptionTest.java,
> DefaultExceptionContext.java, DefaultExceptionContextTest.java,
> ExceptionContext.java
>
>
> This is a proposal for a feature addition.
> These additional exceptions (checked and unchecked versions) provide an
> easier and safer
> way for developers to provide context when generating checked exceptions.
> Often,
> additional information, besides what's embedded in the exception cause, is
> needed
> for developers to debug and correct a bug. Often, this additional
> information can
> reduce the time it takes to replicate and fix a bug.
> ContextedException are easier as developers don't need to be concerned
> with formatting the exception message to include additional information
> with the exception. Additional information is automatically included
> in the message and printed stack trace. This often thins out exception
> handling code.
> ContextedException is safer as the additional code needed to embed additional
> information in a normal exception tends to be tested less and is more
> vulnerable
> to errors such as null pointer exceptions.
> An unchecked version of this exception is provided by
> ContextedRuntimeException.
> To use this class write code as follows:
>
> try {
> ...
> } catch (Throwable e) {
> throw new ContextedException("Error posting account transaction", e)
> .addLabeledValue("accountNumber", accountNumber)
> .addLabeledValue("amountPosted", amountPosted)
> .addLabeledValue("previousBalance", previousBalance)
> }
> }
> The value of the context information is automatically included in the
> exception message and
> when the stack trace is printed in the log.
> My motivation for contributing is that I've previous versions of this running
> at four clients now -- I'm tiered of copying this from client to client.
> I've attached the two exceptions themselves along with working test cases.
> Every effort has been made
> to adhere to your existing style, conventions, and standards. No changes are
> needed for any
> existing files.
> I ran the site generation -- These additions pass your checkstyle reports.
> To streamline the committers time, I'll be happy to make any needed changes
> to to get this
> into 3.0.
> I know you're busy -- thanks for taking the time to at least review this
> proposal.
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