Re: Checked Exceptions
On 12/14/2009 2:22 PM, Leif Roar Moldskred wrote:
[...]
Then, give us some way to handle more than one type of exception in the
same catch statement. "catch( FooException, BarException, WeirdException ex ) { }"
or, hell, why not re-use the switch syntax?
catch( IOException ex ) {
case FileNotFoundException: logFileNotFound( ); break;
case EOFException: logUnexpectedEof( ); break;
default: logOtherIOError( );
}
catch( Exception ex ) {
case FooException:
case BarException: logFooBarError( ); break;
case WeirdException: logWeirdError( ); break;
default: logBadThingHappened( ); throw ex as unchecked;
} // end catch( )
The value of this escapes me. It seems you're not suggesting
a new capability, but just a new syntax for an existing capability:
catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
logFileNotFound();
} catch (EOFException ex) {
logUnexpectedEof();
} catch (IOException ex) {
logOtherIOError();
} catch (FooException ex) {
logFooBarError();
} catch (BarException ex) {
logFooBarError();
} catch (WeirdException ex) {
logWeirdError();
} catch (Exception ex) {
logBadThingHappened();
}
All you've saved is one call to logFooBarError -- or have I
missed something?
--
Eric Sosman
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