Re: [Cdk-devel] RFC: Subclassing CDKException?

[Kai H. <Kai...@Un...>]

Hi all,

> some long time ago 'we', i.e. the project, decided that we should only =
use
> CDKException, and not subclasses of this exception...

Is there a log of the discussion that has leaded to this decision? I=20
don't want to go all over it again. Maybe someone can provide links?

The obvious advantage of the current approach is quicker development (no=20
extra exception classes, no long lists of thrown exceptions for each=20
method).

> However, I've experienced this as a burden, more than that it reduced
> complexity in the system. It would be easier to trace a problem if we w=
ould
> use subclassed CDKExceptions, because the Exception class name is promi=
nent
> in the stacktrace, and handling exception in source code is much more
> specific...

That's a PRO

Bye,

Kai

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Kai Hartmann
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