Le 05/09/2012 19:09, Ole Ersoy a écrit : > Hi Gilles, > > On 09/04/2012 06:48 PM, Gilles Sadowski wrote: >> Hello. >> >> There are ideas that sound good we experiment with them within a limited >> framework (like a course on programming, for example); and then become a >> nightmare when you find yourself constantly trying to get around them. >> I mean that a design idea might look nice, and only when you are long way >> into implementing the consequences of that idea, you discover that it was >> not such a good one after all. > > Been there :) > >>> As a user of commons math I think it would be great if a each exception >>> mapped to a "One of a kind problem". So instead of having a >>> NegativeIntegerException, which is generic and could be used in a lot >>> of places, have SuperDuperOptimizerNegativeIntegerException, which is >>> only thrown in one place. >>> >>> Is this possible? >> >> Possible, it is. But have you imagined how many different exceptions that >> would entail? > > I really did and thought maybe this is just crazy. > >> Currently, there are more than 1000 "throw" statements in CM. >> >> My position is to have a mapping between "exception type" and "problem >> kind"; your suggestion looks like a mapping between "exception type" and >> "problem location". > > I would rephrase my suggestion as a mapping between "exception type" and > "solution". So if you know the exception type, you immediately know how > to provide options to the person responsible for the operation. > >> Besides the drawback of an enormous increase of the number of classes, >> tying >> the exception to its place of use is redundant with the information >> already >> provided in the stack trace. > > I agree. I really meant "Solution". It seems that we are already at > the point where exceptions should provide parameters from the instance > that threw the exception for the purpose of UI display, logging, etc., > so if it's going to be that specific, then why not make it so specific > that it can only have one possible message and one set of solutions > specific to the context. > >> >> [One of the most useful rules in programming is code reuse; it would be a >> waste of a programmer's time to create a new exception class just because >> it is intended to be thrown from a different place.] > > I agree. > > The main reason I threw my 2 cents in is because it seem like the design > of the exceptions was getting very complicated with the inclusion of > localization, unrolling of diagnostic contexts (Not sure if I said that > right...), etc. and there has to be a simpler way. > > For example it seems like localization should be worried about after you > catch the exception and you know what to do with it. I like that > localization is part of commons math, but to me it seems that it should > be a utility that can be used for message display once an action has > been decided upon post catching the exception. Right now it seems that > localization has become a constraint on exception design.
Looking at localization after the exception has been caught is possible only once you are sure all exceptions are unique (which is the core of your proposal). As our use and reuse exceptions everywhere, this is simply not possible. Luc > > Cheers, > - Ole > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
