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java.util.zip.ZipException deriving from IOException is appropriate. It is related to i/o so it makes sense to have that. Incase of java.net.MalformedURLExcetion ther could be an argument why it derives from IOException. However in case of SAX it is a callback mechanism It doesn't do the IO operations. It is the parser code / the person implementing the xml file handling doing that. So if any IO errors occur it will be detected earlier on, before the callback happens. Hence I don't see the rationale in making the SAXHandlers throw IOException. It is just a callbck/event mechanism which occurs after IO operations have been done it should derive from RuntimeException rather than IOException IMHO. - Rajiv On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, David Megginson wrote: > Rajiv Mordani writes: > > > I am not sure what the intent is of having IOException. I think > > SAXException seems appropriate to me.. > > I'd like to hear as many opinions on this point as possible. What is > the rationale for *not* deriving SAXException from IOException when > (for example) java.net.MalformedURLException and > java.util.zip.ZipException are derived from IOException? > > I especially like the idea that higher-level libraries could have > > void importXML (String uri) throws IOException; > > without the application's having any direct dependency on SAX > interfaces. It could accomplish the same thing by having a > SAXExceptionAdapter that embeds the SAXException and extends > IOException, but that seems like a lot of unnecessary fuss for a very > common case. > > Opinions? > > > All the best, > > > David > > -- > David Megginson david@m... > http://www.megginson.com/ > > xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... > Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 > To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; > unsubscribe xml-dev > To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; > subscribe xml-dev-digest > List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) > > xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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