On 10/3/07, Michael McCandless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As part of LUCENE-1011, I'd like to add "throws IOException" to > RAMDirectory.createOutput. > > It is technically an API change since it's a checked exception and > people may need to change source code in their apps. However, I > expect very few apps would actually be affected, because the super > (Directory.createOutput) already throws IOException so it's only > apps that directly call RAMDirectory.createOutput that may need to > change. EG the common use of using RAMDirectory for holding your > index would be unaffected by this.
Seems fine. It seems like in general, subclasses should retain the exception signature of superclass methods even if they don't currently throw that exception (some of those were removed in the past). -Yonik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
