Re: Declaring and implementing exceptions inside interfaces?
josh wrote:
Hello there,
I have question about application design (client side).
The problem is I have declared some basic interface for GUI form's
models, like this:
public interface BasicModel<K> {
/*...other stuff... */
public void setEntityId(K id);
public void edit();
public void refresh();
public void save();
public void search();
}
But now I see this is not enough, because I would like my basic actions
throws some exceptions like: EntityNotFoundException or
EditNotAllowedException or something like this.
My question is: can I declare and implement that exceptions inside this
interface as public static classes? Yes, I know Java would not stop me,
this is legal to do so, but is that good solution? Look at this:
public interface BasicModel<K> {
/*...other stuff... */
public void setEntityId(K id)
throws BasicModel.EntityNotFoundException;
public void edit()
throws BasicModel.SomeOtherException;
public void refresh();
public void save();
public void search();
public static class EntityNotFoundException extends Exception {
/* some constructors or other methods */
}
/* other exceptions' classes */
}
My explanation for this is that these Exceptins are part of that
particular interface, so why not declaring them here? On the other hand
I have never seen such interfaces, so maybe this is stupid idea? What
you think? Should I declare them in separate classes? Why yes, why not?
You could do this, however, those exceptions seem like they are
actually rooted deeper in the object graph. Especially
EntityNotFoundException seems like it should occure in your DAO layer.
I think that it would be best to create the exception classes in the
package where they are most likely to originate. It just seems cleaner
that way.
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