The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time

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The Greatest Exception Handling WTF?!? of All Time(leedumond.com)

submitted by leedumond(2139) 2 years, 8 months ago

The Exception object has ONE purpose and ONE purpose only – to represent a runtime error, nothing more. Exceptions should never be used for purposes for which they were not intended -- or you could end up with this monstrosity...

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posted by jcincotta(341) 2 years, 8 months ago 0

I've seen some tortured uses of exceptions, but this one takes the cake! :D

posted by codeguru(80) 2 years, 8 months ago 0

this is a real WTF, if the developers works for me I'd shot him dead on site. :D

posted by fquednau(404) 2 years, 8 months ago 0

I almost can't believe it. Have you posted it to the dailywtf?

posted by leedumond(2139) 2 years, 8 months ago 0

@fquendnau -- hadn't thought of that, but that's not a bad idea :)

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