Exception Handling: An Architecture Model and Utility Support

  • Authors:
  • Y. C. Cheng;Jung-Sing Jwo

  • Affiliations:
  • National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan;Information Engineering Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • APSEC '05 Proceedings of the 12th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Exception handling design is an important but difficult subject in software development. In Java software development, the use of checked exceptions exacerbates the difficulty. In this paper, through the use of an architectural model, we show that an application can benefit from a separation of exceptions in terms of recoverability beyond distinguishing checked and unchecked exceptions. The architectural model helps evaluate and balance conflicting quality requirements such as modifiability, readability, and fault tolerance. Facilitated by object-oriented utility libraries, the architecture model guides the design from early stage of the development; an example is given to illustrate its use.