Re: Java language and library suggestions
I V wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:44:37 -0400, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
If someone feels
like their code never throws an exception, they could tend to write an
empty exception handler:
try {
// code that is incorrectly assumed not to throw any exception
} catch(Exception e) { }
Hopefully no one writing Java code for a living.
What is the best practice for situations where you know that a particular
invocation of a function will not throw an exception that is in the
function's exception specification? Obviously an empty catch block isn't
an acceptable option. Should you put an assertion in the catch block? Or
is there some other preferred idiom?
Log the exception and return gracefully.
public void Foo()
{
try
{
invokeMethodThatThrowsIOE();
}
catch ( IOException exc )
{
final String msg = "IOException: "+ exc.getLocalizedMessage();
logger.error( msg );
return;
}
}
You could put an assertion after the catch block but it is hard to think what
one would assert inside the catch block. What would be the invariant there?
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