[ 100493 ] Squelched exceptions

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Support Request #100493, was updated on 2002-Feb-28 14:45
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Category: java.awt
Status: Closed
Priority: 5
Summary: Squelched exceptions

By: mark
Date: 2002-Mar-03 15:16

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Thanks, I changed the code.

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By: crawley
Date: 2002-Feb-28 14:45

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At line 165 of java/awt/Font.java there is a
handler that catches java.lang.Exception.

Rather than catching Exception, the code should
catch NumberFormatException.  

This will avoid squelching unexpected exceptions, 
and will also stop Jikes (v 1.13) producing a 
warning message here.



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