Re: [javax-usb-devel] UsbException extention(s)

2003-01-14 Thread Brad BARCLAY
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 20:56:49 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dan: >technically, javac will complain about an 'ambiguous class' and won't >compile (which makes sense), but you're right that still we should keep >the namespace in mind... True, but that wasn't exactly what I was

Re: [javax-usb-devel] UsbException extention(s)

2003-01-14 Thread ddstreet
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Brad BARCLAY wrote: >On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:13:44 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hey Dan: > >>perhaps all exceptions in javax.usb should be prefixed with 'Usb'... > > That's not such a bad idea. If a developer is working with >another developers code, it can

Re: [javax-usb-devel] UsbException extention(s)

2003-01-14 Thread Brad BARCLAY
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:13:44 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dan: >perhaps all exceptions in javax.usb should be prefixed with 'Usb'... That's not such a bad idea. If a developer is working with another developers code, it can help them to better understand where the exception

[javax-usb-devel] naming

2003-01-14 Thread ddstreet
On a related note to the (Usb)NotActiveException discussion, the control-type UsbIrp is currently called ControlUsbIrp; but a suggestion was made to rename it to UsbControlIrp. This keeps consistency of the Usb prefix. While we're at it though, let's review all the names: UsbHub UsbPort UsbD

Re: [javax-usb-devel] UsbException extention(s)

2003-01-14 Thread ddstreet
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Brad BARCLAY wrote: >On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:31:03 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It would be best to have something in javax.usb., but with a >different name (perhaps USBNotActiveException). This is for two >reasons: > > 1) As some users will want to u

Re: [javax-usb-devel] UsbException extention(s)

2003-01-14 Thread Brad BARCLAY
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 13:31:03 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >One final issue: I was using javax.usb.NotActiveException for certain >methods. However, there is also a java.io.NotActiveException. I had >changed to use that Exception, but it may be better to use a >javax.usb.NotActiveExcept

[javax-usb-devel] UsbException extention(s)

2003-01-14 Thread ddstreet
One of the known todos is to create more meaningful USB-specific UsbExceptions. While talking to a coworker, we discussed what to do about platform-specific errors, i.e. those that aren't USB-specific. We came up with PlatformException extends UsbException { public Exception getException();