> [...] > > > I think that using IAE instead of NPE does not bring any added value. It > > justs goes against standard usage: throw NPE when a reference is "null" > > and is not allowed to be so. > > As proposed in > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-401 > > we could still do explicit checks for "null" but nevertheless throw the > > standard (non-specific and non localized) NPE. > > > The added value that I see is that an IAE designating which argument > that cannot be null is in fact null gives more specific information > to the caller (or production support person examining logs) than > just a propagated NPE.
Well, my initial post reported the inconsistency of throwing either NPE or IAE as a result of checking for "null". If we take that NPE signifies a bug in CM, then we can have the policy of throwing IAE when null is encountered (and never explicitly throw NPE from CM). Gilles --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
