[Bodgit Scrapper] Thought regarding the DB interface and exceptions

[Robert Konigsberg]

Hello all,

What's the problem if the new exceptions in the DB interface all derive from RuntimeException? Is this a terrible thought?

Thanks, Rob

[Eben Hewitt]

If you extend RuntimeException you don't have to declare them in the method definition. That's not a problem per se, but in my view it makes your code a little less clear.

RuntimeException extends exception, and RemoteException extends IOException, so that might be interesting to note for your design if you are using a Proxy.

[Robert Konigsberg]

More problematic actually is that there's an exception called SecurityException which is extended from RuntimeException and I do not have the benefit of an angry compiler telling me where I need to catch it!

I may have to create a SecurityException class as well, and derive it from Exception. You know? Does anyone think this is illegal? I do not see it as so.