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Lambdas in Java took a long time in coming, due to the considerable engineering effort put into incorporating them into the Java Language. Unfortunately checked exceptions are not managed as seamlessly as they should. Full Article
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In this article, we look at exception handling in Java. We start with the history of exceptions, looking back at the precursor of Java, a language called Oak. We see reasons why Thread.stop() should not be used and discover the mystery of the RuntimeException name. We then look at some best pract... Full Article
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Java 6 has support for JDBC 4, which, amongst other things, gives you better feedback of what went wrong with your database query. In this newsletter we demonstrate how this can be used. Full Article
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One of the tricks that Java allows us to employ is to change the control flow of the application using exceptions. This is generally strongly discouraged, since it makes the code hard to decipher. In addition, exceptions are notoriously bad at performance. Here is a trick used in RIFE to make ... Full Article
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Java 5 introduced the UncaughtExceptionHandler. We can set it globally or per thread. This helps us to manage uncaught exceptions better. Full Article
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When an exception occurs in Swing code, it is typically printed to the console, assuming we have one. On some systems the Swing thread is then stopped. In this newsletter we present a way that we can intercept the exception and display a warning dialog. Full Article
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Checked exceptions are a strange design that can make Java frustrating to use. In this article we wrap it with an unchecked exception, but delegate the printing methods to the wrapped exception. Full Article
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