On Wed, 4 Nov 2020 15:42:54 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfu...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> src/java.net.http/share/classes/java/net/http/HttpRequest.java line 344:
>>
>>> 342: throw ex;
>>> 343: } catch (RuntimeException r) {
>>> 344: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal request
>>> parameters", r);
>>
>> I'm a little concerned about this. It seems unnecessary, and adds complexity
>> to an otherwise straightforward piece of code. Any accessor of the given
>> request that throws should probably just be allowed to flow out. If needed,
>> we could even mention that in the specification.
>
> The current code side step the issue of having to explain in the spec that
> any kind of `RuntimeException` could be propagated upwards. With this,
> calling code can just try catch `IAE`. It's a little more user-friendly.
Having discussed this offline, it was decided that we should remove the
try/catch altogether. This change can be viewed in commit
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/1059/commits/cabc0e700953058219cd0188faccdda12a7d0398
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1059
