update method not throws DuplicateKeyException!

[Strong Z.Q. Jiang]

in my instruction:
// Modifies the fields of a record. The new value for field n
// appears in data[n]. Throws SecurityException
// if the record is locked with a cookie other than lockCookie.
public void update(int recNo, String[] data, long lockCookie)
throws RecordNotFoundException, SecurityException;

why not throws DuplicateKeyException while create method throws DuplicateKeyException ? how to deal with update method's DuplicateKeyException?

[Dhanasekar Dhakshin]

Im also confused . . . .

[Gary Hellman]

One way - assume that one or more "fields" of your records make up a "key". An update would then not change the key, but just the other "fields" in that record.
If you need to change the key - then that would be a create (or first delete, then create).

[Alex Sharkoff]

Hi,

I made my update method throw IllegalStateException with the DuplicateKeyException as a cause (ie IllegalStateException#getCause() returns DuplicateKeyException) should the given record be a duplicate of another one.