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Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7

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Jan Burse wrote:
> Stanimir Stamenkov schrieb:
>> You may perform a check which avoids the exceptional situation like:
>>
>> Class<?> class;
>> try {
>>   class = (Class.getResource(str + ".class") != null)
>>       ? Class.forName(str)
>>       : null;
>> } catch (ClassNotFoundException x) {
>>   class = null;
>> }
>>
>> The Class.forName(String) could still fail if the access to the resource
>> content is restricted, I imagine.
>>
> Yes, this would change the role of exceptions,

No, it would /restore/ the role of exceptions.

The role of exceptions is to 
> not use it for business logic, only for
> exceptional flow.

in the first place.

/Effective Java/, Joshua Bloch, "Item 57: Use exceptions only for exceptional conditions".

-- 
Lew

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Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-09-30 15:57 +0200
  Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-10-01 13:27 +0300
    Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-01 13:22 +0200
      Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-01 09:10 -0700
        Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-10-01 20:31 +0300
        Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-01 20:02 +0200
          Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-01 12:21 -0700
            Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-01 22:04 +0200
              Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-10-01 16:24 -0400
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-01 23:14 +0200
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-10-01 17:28 -0400
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-10-01 23:45 +0000
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-10-02 00:58 +0300
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-02 02:04 +0200
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-01 20:06 -0700
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-10-02 13:14 +0300
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-02 08:37 -0700
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-02 20:26 +0200
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-10-02 17:51 -0400
                Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-03 01:32 +0200
    Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-10-01 20:19 +0300
      Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2011-10-01 20:04 +0200
        Re: Avoid creating a stacktrace prior to JDK 1.7 Stanimir Stamenkov <s7an10@netscape.net> - 2011-10-01 21:15 +0300

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