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Granularity of Exceptions
I've run into a debate between a few friends and I. They prefer general exceptions such as ClientErrorException and ServerErrorException with detail as fields of the exception, whereas I prefer making ...
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Subtyping without adding state or behavior - Bad Practice?
Observation
There are many Exception subtypes that don't have any added state or behavior. For example, ClosedByInterruptException code.
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IllegalStateException good practices
I know what IllegalStateException is for, but I wonder if in some cases I should actually use it or it's just a matter of design.
Let's say I have a Tournament class that models a sports tournament ...
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Why do assertions in Java need to get enabled?
I really like the concept of assertions in Java in the way how to use them. It's much easier than to write an if and then throw an Exception/Error.
But the thing I don't understand is, why do they ...
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