APIDesignPatterns:Exceptions

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TBD: just being created as a response to query by Casper Bang:

I was curious as to know how come, in a book strictly about API design in Java, you do not mention exceptions (particular checked exceptions) and the role they play in documenting assertions vs. hampering versionability. Did you simply think this to be too controversial an issue I wonder?

--Casper Bang 05:17, 5 September 2008 (CEST)

Contents 1 Nothing special 2 Runtime vs. Checked 3 My Single Exception 4 Deciding on Importance 5 Extensibility

Nothing special

TBD: show less

Runtime vs. Checked

TBD: Common flamewar

My Single Exception

TBD: BuildException, maven, I/O

Deciding on Importance

TBD: NetBeans' ErrorManager and Exceptions classes.

Extensibility

TBD: Subclassing. Compare with switch/case