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Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument

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Subject Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument
Date Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:31:42 -0400
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On 8/18/2016 5:01 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> I had a function in ScheduledExecutorService where I changed a
> parameter for format from long to double, but I forgot to change the
> format string. The result was that the function gets an unchecked
> IllegalFormatConversionException and silently terminated on the format
> statement. Is this normal? And where do I find a good description
> about this?

As already explained by others then this is documented behavior.

And many people would consider it an advantage that this is type safe.

But if if you don't want that type safety then look at
MessageFormat.format!

Arne

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What happens when format gets a wrong argument Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2016-08-18 23:01 +0200
  Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-08-18 17:31 -0400
    Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-08-18 19:21 -0400
      Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-08-19 08:22 -0400
        Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-08-19 10:40 -0700
        Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-08-19 20:19 -0400
  Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2016-08-19 01:25 +0200
  Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-08-18 19:31 -0400
  Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-08-18 19:35 -0400
    Re: What happens when format gets a wrong argument Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2016-08-19 07:23 +0200

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