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Is it bad to use checked exceptions as API response?
Consider the following code: public class User { private String password; public void changePassword( String oldPassword, String newPassword) throws ...
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Is passing an ErrorMessage to be populated inside the receiving method an anti-pattern?
I come from a Java background, and my colleague is from .NET. We are working on a Java project and I saw him create a method like this: public Object myMethod(Object[] param1, ErrorMessage ...
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Throwing custom exceptions in library: do I throw concrete ones or their superclass?
I am designing a library that abstracts a typical CRUD http service named FooService. In this library I am throwing different exceptions like FooServiceClientException for network related errors or ...
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Should a file reader library API throw exceptions?
I am developing a (Java) library providing an API to read a file in a specific format into an object. The format is basically a map, and specifies valid values for some of the keys, and valid types ...
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Function returning true/false vs. void when succeeding and throwing an exception when failing
I'm building an API, a function that uploads a file. This function will return nothing/void if the file was uploaded correctly and throws an exception when there was some problem. Why an exception ...
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Why are checked vs. unchecked exceptions called “the controversy” in Oracle Java tutorial?
I am new to Java and was reading its documentation on exceptions., and especially the Unchecked Exceptions — The Controversy page. The bottom-line says: If a client can reasonably be expected to ...
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