pivotal-jbarrett commented on code in PR #7569: URL: https://github.com/apache/geode/pull/7569#discussion_r846322418
########## geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/versions/DiskVersionTag.java: ########## @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public void setMemberID(DiskStoreID memberID) { @Override public void replaceNullIDs(VersionSource memberID) { if (getMemberID() == null) { - throw new AssertionError("Member id should not be null for persistent version tags"); + throw new IllegalStateException("Member id should not be null for persistent version tags"); Review Comment: Conservation of well defined strongly named `Exception` classes is an anti-pattern. It cost us nothing to create new exceptions but cost us dearly if we don't. See [GEODE-10066](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-10066) for a really good example of how throwing the inappropriate unchecked exception can cause all sorts of ugly. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: notifications-unsubscr...@geode.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org