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Re: throws declataration in Java/beta
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Aitken)
Wed Sep 27 01:50:45 1995
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:09:47 -0700
From: garya@village.org (Gary Aitken)
To: Arthur van Hoff <Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM>, dufourd@enst.enst.fr
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
>It is very important to realize that a Java class is a guaranteed interface.
>If an method is declared to throw a certain set of exceptions than there is no
>way a sub class can change that. At first this may seem restrictive, but after
>a while you will realize that it is wonderful to have this guarantee.
It's not clear to me what's so wonderful about this guarantee.
There is no similar guarantee that a subclass will not compromise the intended
behavior of its base in numerous other ways. What makes exceptions special?
Gary Aitken garya@village.org
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