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Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?

by Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.spamfilter@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 6, 2008 at 03:58 PM

Lew wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>>> This reasoning supports the use of IllegalArgumentException in this 
>>> scenario.  The programmer might not be able to stop 'new FileReader( 
>>> f )' from throwing a FileNotFoundException, but they sure ought to 
>>> forestall an illegal argument.
> 
> Daniel Pitts wrote:
>> Wait, did we all just agree or not? I'm a little confused because it 
>> seems like Lew is countering the suggestion, but appears to come to 
>> the same conclusion...
> 
> What part of "this reasoning supports the use of 
> IllegalArgumentException" is confusing?
> 
>> Or were you countering my suggestion to throw a custom 
>> CallbackException?  In this particular circumstance, I agree with you. 
>> I was thinking of something else when I suggested CallbackException :-)
> 
> You don't agree with me because I have not stated a conclusion on that 
> matter.
> 
> I was simply elucidating the principles whereby one choosed runtime vs. 
> checked exceptions, and showing how the reasoning applied in the given 
> scenario.
> 
> I'm sure if you just read the words actually stated, that any confusion 
> will melt away in the face of simply taking what is said at face value.
> 
I was confused before *both* IllegalArgumentException and 
RuntimeException are *not* checked exceptions.  Your mentioning of 
checked exceptions was confusing in the context of the choice between 
the two.

-- 
Daniel Pitts' Tech Blog: <http://virtualinfinity.net/wordpress/>




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Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-02 04:51:44 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-05-02 04:21:23 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-02 13:14:16 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Daniel Pitts <newsgrou  2008-05-02 08:34:23 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-02 19:58:28 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-02 20:58:55 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-05-02 13:33:23 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeo  2008-05-02 20:59:06 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-05-03 23:33:40 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Daniel Pitts <newsgrou  2008-05-02 14:14:03 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-03 03:45:00 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-05-03 23:27:15 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-05 04:01:44 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Daniel Pitts <newsgrou  2008-05-04 20:24:40 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-05-05 04:06:24 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-05 20:54:51 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Lew <lew@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-05 21:09:20 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Mark Space <markspace@  2008-05-05 21:23:44 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Casper Bang <casper@[E  2008-05-05 20:36:28 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Lew <lew@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-05 21:16:23 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Daniel Pitts <newsgrou  2008-05-06 10:25:33 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Lew <lew@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-05-06 18:56:19 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
Daniel Pitts <newsgrou  2008-05-06 15:58:21 
Re: Can this callback mechanism be generified?
thufir <hawat.thufir@[  2008-05-02 21:05:56 

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