On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Martin Cooper wrote:
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 22:39:28 -0800
> From: Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Struts Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Throwing exceptions from within Struts tags
>
> I noticed that there are two different ways in which exceptions are thrown
> from within Struts tags. One way is like this:
>
> if (somethingBadHappened) {
> throw new JspException(messages.getMessage(...));
> }
>
> and the other is like this:
>
> if (somethingBadHappened) {
> JspException e = new JspException(messages.getMessage(...));
> RequestUtils.saveException(pageContext, e);
> throw e;
> }
>
> I'm guessing that the first is "the old way" and the second is "the new
> way", and that I should use the latter when writing new code (and
> potentially when updating existing code). Is this correct?
>
Yes.
> Also, is there a reason we throw JspException instead of JspTagException?
>
Historical sloth on my part. :-)
Now that it's been done for a long time, I would not suggest changing the
habit, since existing apps might be depending on the current behavior.
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Martin Cooper
>
Craig
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