Re: intialising static finals with exceptions
Gunter Herrmann wrote:
Hi!
Thomas Schodt wrote:
class MyClass {
static final int FIXED;
static final int FIXEDdefaultvalue = 0;
static { // static constructor block - this goes into <clinit>
int tmp = FIXEDdefaultvalue;
try {
tmp = ForeignObject.mayThrow();
} catch (Exception ex) {
// ignore?
}
FIXED = tmp;
}
}
class ForeignObject {
static int mayThrow() throws Exception
{
return 1;
}
}
or:
Interface ApplicationConstants
lower-case "i" for the keyword 'interface'
{
public static final Connection myFinalConnection
= Initial.getConnection();
It's against the spirit of interfaces to implement things, in what they call
the Constant Interface Antipattern, and creates interesting risks.
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/effective/>
Item 17.
Also, if you're initializing using the public static method of class Initial
anyway, why do you need the interface? Just use the Initial method.
}
Class Initial
The keyword 'class' is spelled with all lower-case letters.
{
public static Connection getConnection()
{
Connection returnValue = null;
try
{
returnValue = something();
}
catch (SQLException sqlex)
{
// some logging
}
return returnValue;
}
}
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