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Bug 16629

Summary:	XMLUtil.toXXX (...) throws IOException
Product:	platform	Reporter:	Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach>
Component:	-- Other --	Assignee:	_ pkuzel <pkuzel>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P1
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jaroslav Tulach 2001-10-17 09:30:24 UTC

Do not throw the IOException, please.

Comment 1 _ pkuzel 2001-10-17 10:15:20 UTC

Some parameter values are not allowed (e.g. ASCII control characters).
So it is about whether to throw IllegalArgumentException or
IOException. IOException makes more sence for me because this methods
is typically used during serializing XML to some I/O resourse, so the
whole serialization process needs to catch an IOException anyway.

REOPEN if you prefer the IllegalArgumentException solution or any
other.

Comment 2 _ pkuzel 2001-10-17 10:24:01 UTC

IOException is also safer than IlleagalArgument as it is checked
exception.

Comment 3 _ pkuzel 2001-10-18 14:40:08 UTC

Fix caused API change.

Comment 4 _ pkuzel 2001-10-18 14:41:17 UTC

new openide spec number 1.40

New public static methods signatures:

  String toElementContent(String) throws CharConversionException
  String toAttributeValue(String) throws CharConversionException

Comment 5 _ pkuzel 2001-10-18 14:54:28 UTC

Flame war at
http://openide.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=170271&listName=dev
gives reasons why name and parameters had to be changed.

Comment 6 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:05:33 UTC

Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verified

Comment 7 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 16:25:23 UTC

Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.