Re: [aspectj-dev] SoftException and getCause()

[Wes Isberg <wes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True, this has been a TODO long-neglected that could safely
have been put in 1.1.1.

A bug is the best way to get something like this into the plan,
so I added one:

   https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=49250

Thanks -
Wes

Ramnivas Laddad wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While debugging a problem in aTrack (https://atrack.dev.java.net/),
> I needed SoftException to show the cause (the softened exception
> and its cause, recursively). So I modified SoftException.java to 
> add the following line:
>
> public Throwable getCause() { return inner; }
>
> Now I get the information I need (an exception trace on web page).
>
> A few questions:
> 1. While modifying SoftException.java, I notice that there is
>    a TODO note discussing getCuase() and chained exception.
>    Is there a deeper issue  with the fix such as above?
>    
>    It seems that adding getCause() will not cause any problem for
>    1.3- folks while benefiting 1.4+ developers.
>
> 2. Should getWrappedThrowable() be deprecated in favor of 
>    getCause()?
>
> BTW, the getCause() vs. getWrappedThrowable() has got me on 
> more than one occasion. I habitually use getCuase() only to
> realize that with SoftException, I should have used 
> getWrappedThrowable().
>
> -Ramnivas
>
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