CloneNotSupportedException should extends RuntimeException not Exception (original) (raw)

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Mon Oct 15 11:47:31 UTC 2012


On 15/10/2012 8:56 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:

On 15/10/2012 11:28, Joel Borggrén-Franck wrote:

On 10/15/2012 12:34 AM, David Holmes wrote: > Remi, > > This ship has sailed you can't recall it. CloneNotSupportedException > is a checked exception and needs to remain so for source and binary > compatibility. >

I see how this is source incompatible and also behaviorally incompatible in a few cases, but how is this binary incompatible? I think you're right as there wouldn't be a linkage error. This thread reminds of Joe Darcy's classic blog on compatibility kinds: https://blogs.oracle.com/darcy/entry/kindsofcompatibility

Yes I stand corrected - no "binary compatability" issue.

David



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