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    CS320/17 Questions on Exceptions and Event Handling

      Demo of Exceptions in Java

      [ Tester.java ]

      We can find out more about the Exception that is thrown by BufferedReader.readLine() by going to [ index.html ] the documentation and searching it.

      Question 1 Definitions

      Define: exception, exception handler, raising an exception, disabling an exception, built-in exception, event, and event handler

      Question 2 Design issues for Exceptions

      List the design issues for exceptions.

      Question 3 Template for a question

      Compare, in detail, the exception-handling features of <X> with those of <Y> .... where X and Y are different languages taken from C++, Ada, and Java.

      Question 4 Updating code to use exceptions

      Here is a simple loop that reads data in a C-like language: 
                     while ( input(data) )
                     { process(data);
                     }
      where data is a variable of type D. The above code uses a function 
                     int input(D & d);
      that returns 0 when something goes wrong and some integer other than 0 when all goes well.

      a. What is the semantic mode and purpose of the formal parameter d in the int input(...) function above?

      Suppose that this function is modified for a C++ or Java-like language to use an exception E instead: 

                     D new_input() throws E;

      b. What are the arguments for new_input() and what is returned by new_input() under normal circumstances? How might you use it?

      c. Rewrite the loop above so that it works with new_input() rather than the old input(d).

      Note: Exceptions were added to C++ in 1996..1998. The libraries gradually caught up. Applications are still catching up. Your first C or C++ job may be making changes just like the above!

      Question 5 Event Listener

      Explain each line in the following Java code ( ... hides some details): 
       class Widget extends JApplet implements ItemListener{
       ...
                  public void init(){
       ...
                     myButton.addItemListener( this );
       ...
                  }//end of init
       ...
                  public void itemStateChanged ( ItemEvent e){
       ...
                  }//end of itemStateChanged
       ...
       }//end class Widget
      Draw a diagram of Widget as a class that is a special Kind of JApplet and implements the ItemListener interface.

      Answer to Question 4c

                  try
                  {
                       while ( true )
                      {
                           process(new_input());
                      }
                  }
                  catch( E e )
                  {
                       /*do nothing*/
      	    }

    Review

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