On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Gary Gregory <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote: > Do we want the APIs to be quieter than using java.io.File for example? Or, > should exceptions be thrown from similar places? >
Definitely quieter than java.io.File! I *hate* that API for its checked exceptions. > I am worried that we would make all APIs "quiet" (unchecked exceptions) as a > opposed to really thinking where exceptions should be checked or return an > Boolean error code (like File mkdir) > I'm one of those folks who think the checked exceptions are evil, so I am fine with getting rid of them entirely (think about how much nicer your Hibernate code looks without the checked exceptions). Boolean returns are fine I guess. No real strong opinion on that one. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
