checked-exceptions – Page 2

The case against checked exceptions

September 13, 2022 by Tarik

I think I read the same Bruce Eckel interview that you did – and it’s always bugged me. In fact, the argument was made by the interviewee (if this is indeed the post you’re talking about) Anders Hejlsberg, the MS genius behind .NET and C#. http://www.artima.com/intv/handcuffs.html Fan though I am of Hejlsberg and his work, … Read more

Understanding checked vs unchecked exceptions in Java

September 8, 2022 by Tarik

Many people say that checked exceptions (i.e. these that you should explicitly catch or rethrow) should not be used at all. They were eliminated in C# for example, and most languages don’t have them. So you can always throw a subclass of RuntimeException (unchecked exception) However, I think checked exceptions are useful – they are … Read more