xml-dev - Validating : error code vs. Exception ?

[David Megginson <david@megginson.com>]

Patrice Bonhomme writes:

 > I am (always !) developing an XML Validating Parser in Java. I'm developing 
 > the Error management during the process of validation. I am a little unsure of 
 > the use of either returning an error code or throwing an Exception ?

SAX leave the choice up the the application (user): the parser simply
makes a callback to an error handler, and the error handler throws an
exception if it wants to.


All the best,


David

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