David Graham wrote: > Eddie, > Why do you consider it bad to extend Object directly? You also said > you prefer checked exceptions but I think that's missing the point of > exception handling. A good article is here: > http://www.javaworld.com/jw-07-1998/jw-07-techniques.html > > Not to be obvious but: > > RuntimeExceptions are not "warnings", they indicate a client > programmer error (ie. misuse of a library method). Checked exceptions > indicate an abnormal condition that a method could not handle and > require you to catch them, as opposed to returning an error code. > > Dave
... bad for the RTE to extend Object directly? I think there are better spots for it to start - which it actually does. The javadoc I saw was ... misleading (to be nice). I'll check out your article :-) I see what you're saying about the RTE. I ... was taught you shouldn't use exceptions as an "open com-link" though - which, I think, is how I view that branch. I'll read your article ;-) -- Eddie Bush -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
