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Re: Quick Error Handling Question

From	Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Quick Error Handling Question
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Date	2012-03-10 15:21 +0200
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markspace <-@.> writes:
> On 3/4/2012 5:10 PM, Novice wrote:

>> Should I write stacktraces from my checked and unchecked exceptions to my
>> log?

> I can't think of anyone who advocates logging literal
> stacktraces. Usually, the log system will do something like that for you,

The stacktraces are valuable when the software is in development stage.
And also, IF something crashes in production, they are very useful.
An end user doesn't expect to see a stacktrace and shouldn't usually be
shown it, but logging it often gives good information.

> Also, only log exceptions that actually unexpected or error conditions. If
> a poorly written API forces you to catch an exception as part of something
> that could be considered a normal return value, don't bother logging it if

Agreed. And those unexpected exceptions are where also the stacktrace may be
useful.

-- 
Jukka Lahtinen

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    Re: Quick Error Handling Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 20:29 -0500
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        Re: Quick Error Handling Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 20:58 -0500
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            Re: Quick Error Handling Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 21:42 -0500
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    Re: Quick Error Handling Question Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-03-05 02:48 -0800
  Re: Quick Error Handling Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-03-04 21:01 -0500
    Re: Quick Error Handling Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-05 22:59 +0000
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        Re: Quick Error Handling Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2012-03-06 00:01 +0000
  Re: Quick Error Handling Question markspace <-@.> - 2012-03-04 19:13 -0800
    Re: Quick Error Handling Question Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-03-10 15:21 +0200
  Re: Quick Error Handling Question Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-03-04 22:34 -0800
  Re: Quick Error Handling Question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-03-05 02:25 -0800
  Re: Quick Error Handling Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2012-03-05 13:51 +0000

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