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Re: Exception Handling

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Novice wrote:
> Lew wrote:
>> Novice wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> I have a utility class called LocalizationUtils which basically
>>> houses convenience methods dealing with i18n/l10n. One of its methods
>>> is getResources(). It expects two parameters, a String representing
>>> the "base name" (the leading part of the resource file name) and a
>>> locale.
>>>
>>> Here's the code for getResources() with all comments and error
>>> handling (aside from the empty catch block) stripped out:
>>>
>>> ====================================================================
>>> static public ResourceBundle getResources(String baseName, Locale
>>> locale {
>>>     ResourceBundle locList = null;
>>
>> Don't use throwaway initializations, usually.
>>
> Why?
>
> If I omit that line and simply use the following in the try block:
>
> ResourceBundle locList = ResourceBundle.getBundle(baseName, locale);
>
> locList isn't visible after the try/catch so that I can return it.

Well, I didn't recommend that either. There are so many ways to avoid 
redundant initialization. So - what could avoid the redundant initialization 
without the pitfall you cite?

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 01:51 +0000
  Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-10 18:39 -0800
    Re: Exception Handling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-11 11:53 -0300
      Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-11 10:51 -0700
        Re: Exception Handling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-11 16:35 -0300
    Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 17:05 +0000
      Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-11 10:53 -0700
        Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 20:36 +0000
      Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-11 11:07 -0700
        Re: Exception Handling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-11 17:00 -0300
          Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 22:02 +0000
        Re: Exception Handling Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2012-03-11 21:03 +0100
          Re: Exception Handling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-11 18:31 -0300
        Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 21:54 +0000
          Re: Exception Handling Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-11 15:26 -0700
            Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 23:23 +0000
              Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-11 16:52 -0700
                Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-12 17:16 +0000
                Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-13 08:31 -0700
              Re: Exception Handling Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-11 17:51 -0700
                Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-12 17:26 +0000
            Re: Exception Handling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-12 14:49 -0400
          Re: Exception Handling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-11 20:46 -0300
            Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-12 17:43 +0000
      Re: Exception Handling Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-03-11 11:14 -0700
        Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 22:35 +0000
          Re: Exception Handling Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-11 16:58 -0700
            Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-12 15:44 +0000
              Re: Exception Handling Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-03-12 10:34 -0700
      Re: Exception Handling Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2012-03-11 20:34 +0100
        Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-11 22:36 +0000
    Re: Exception Handling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-12 14:41 -0400
  Re: Exception Handling Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-12 14:37 -0400
    Re: Exception Handling Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-12 22:43 +0000
      Re: Exception Handling Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-03-12 16:11 -0700
      Re: Exception Handling Arivald <NOSPAMarivald@interia.pl> - 2012-03-13 00:54 +0100
        Re: Exception Handling Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2012-03-13 06:05 -0300

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