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Issues with exception handling in object-oriented systems

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ECOOP'97 — Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 1997)

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The goals of exception handling mechanisms are to make programs more reliable and robust. The integration of exception handling mechanisms with object-oriented languages raises some unique issues. The requirements of exception handling often conflict with some of the goals of object-oriented designs, such as supporting design evolution, functional specialization, and abstraction for implementation transparency. This paper demonstrates these conflicts, illustrates that the use of exception handling in object-oriented systems poses potential pitfalls, and suggests that their resolution is one of the first steps necessary to make exception handling robust in object-oriented designs and languages.

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  1. Robert Miller

    Present address: IBM, Rochester, MN

  2. Anand Tripathi

    Present address: National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Miller, R., Tripathi, A. (1997). Issues with exception handling in object-oriented systems. In: Akşit, M., Matsuoka, S. (eds) ECOOP'97 — Object-Oriented Programming. ECOOP 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1241. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053375

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