Re: [java-gnome-hackers] Should Pixbuf constructor propegate unchecked excpetion for unknown format?

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 10:01 +0000, Vreixo Formoso Lopes wrote:
> However, I wonder if somebody may be using Pixbuf for load images
> supplied by user, For example, an image viewer or picture catalog
> image may use Pixbuf for that. In those case checked is better.

Yes, that is the case I am presently encountering.

While I agree that images being loaded are under the control of the
programmer is a common scenario, loading foreign images would have to
be as common if not more so.

> Yes, that's a thing I've planned. The error code needs to be exposed,
> together with [at least] the most common error codes, as enums.

It's not even a matter of "common" so much as it is "encountered".

[Also, keep in mind that the Constants need to be registered, but there
is nothing that says they need to be public. The typed Exception being
thrown takes care of that]

AfC
Sydney