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   Re: SAX2: Should SAXException extend IOException?

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  • From: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
  • To: XMLDev list <xml-dev-digest@ic.ac.uk>
  • Date: 22 Dec 1999 16:29:56 -0500

Rajiv Mordani <Rajiv.Mordani@eng.sun.com> writes:

> java.util.zip.ZipException deriving from IOException is
> appropriate. It is related to i/o so it makes sense to have that.

I'd be interested in a clear statement of the criteria for this
distinction -- you get a ZipException, presumably, because of an error
in the format of the zip file you're reading from; you get a
SAXException because of an error in the format of the XML file you're
reading from.


All the best,


David

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