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Re: Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method

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On Mon, 19 Oct 2015 01:02:07 -0700, mike wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> We have the current implementation in our overridden toString() method:
> 
> public String toString() {
>         return "firstName=" + res.getFirstName() + "{" +
>                 "lastName=" + res.getLastName() + ", " +
>                 "address=" + res.getAddress() + "/" + "***" + ", " +
>                 "zipCode=" + resource.getZipCode() + "}";
>     }
> 
> 
> 
> Each get can throw an IllegalArgumentExcepion so we need to replace the
> value with an empty String if it happens( to avoid that our user in this
> case should see an IllegalArgumentException ).
> 
> My question is if there is a more efficient way to override toString()
> than:
>
I'd probably use a StringBuilder: 

public String toString() {
 StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 sb.append("firstName=");
 sb.append((res.getFirstName() == null ? "" : res.getFirstName()); 
 sb.append("{lastName=");
 sb.append((res.getLastName() == null  ? "" : res.getLastName()));
 sb.append(", address=");
 sb.append((res.getAddress() == null  ? "" : res.getAddress());
 sb.append("/***, zipCode="));
 sb.append((resource.getZipCode() == null  ? "" : resource.getZipCode());
 sb.append("}")
 return sb.toString();
}

or a String.format() method:

public String toString() {
 String s = 
  s.format("firstName=%s{lastName=%s, address="%s/***, zipCode=%s}",
            (res.getFirstName() == null ? "" : res.getFirstName(), 
            (res.getLastName() == null  ? "" : res.getLastName(),
            (res.getAddress() == null  ? "" : res.getAddress(),
            (resource.getZipCode() == null  ? "" : resource.getZipCode());
 return s;
}

both using the conditional operator to avoid try..catch constructs.

These may not be more efficient, but are certainly easier to read and 
more concise, particularly the String.format() statement.


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Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method mike <mikaelpetterson@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-19 01:02 -0700
  Re: Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-10-19 12:11 -0400
    Re: Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-10-23 08:59 +0200
  Re: Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-19 12:26 +0000
  Re: Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2015-10-23 11:00 +0200
    Re: Way to avoid repeating to catch the same exception in overridden method Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-23 10:32 +0000

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