Re: [cp-patches] java.lang.Class.newInstance: Doc fix patch

[Archie Cobbs]

Steven Augart wrote:
>     * @throws SecurityException if the security check fails
>     * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if class initialization caused by
>     *         this call fails with an exception
> +   * @throws Any other exception that occurs while the constructor is
> +   *         running.  (It is a regrettable bug in the language.  That's the
> +   *         behavior, as documented in Sun's JDK 1.5.0rc1 documentation for
> +   *         java.lang.Class.  This was discused on the Classpath mailing
> +   *         list; see
> +   *         
> <tt>http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/classpath/2004-09/index.html</tt> 
> +   *         and search for "newInstance".)

I think javadoc may complain if the first word after "@throws" is
not the name of an exception class. You might just add "Throwable".

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs      *        CTO, Awarix        *      http://www.awarix.com