http://richard.cyganiak.de/blog/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions/ A weblog by Richard Cyganiak Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:16:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://richard.cyganiak.de/blog/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions/#comment-46362 Drew Perttula Mon, 05 Mar 2007 03:29:21 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions#comment-46362 <p>Specifically, it's ok for the same bug to appear as multiple URIs, since we can fold them all together on the web server(s) that present the bug info pages. But it's considerably worse for multiple errors to get the same URI, since then the user will probably get a disambiguation page that says "is this the wrong-type-from-config-file or the wrong-type-from-database error?".</p> Specifically, it’s ok for the same bug to appear as multiple URIs, since we can fold them all together on the web server(s) that present the bug info pages. But it’s considerably worse for multiple errors to get the same URI, since then the user will probably get a disambiguation page that says “is this the wrong-type-from-config-file or the wrong-type-from-database error?”.

]]> http://richard.cyganiak.de/blog/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions/#comment-46299 Richard Cyganiak Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:13:14 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions#comment-46299 <p>Nah, Bernhard, exception class names don't help here. There are millions of ways in which a java.lang.NullPointerException can be thrown—the identifier must depend on <em>where</em> it was thrown, and in which codebase (on the stacktrace). And a unique identifier on its own is not much help. It must be a URI that resolves to something useful.</p> Nah, Bernhard, exception class names don’t help here. There are millions of ways in which a java.lang.NullPointerException can be thrown—the identifier must depend on where it was thrown, and in which codebase (on the stacktrace). And a unique identifier on its own is not much help. It must be a URI that resolves to something useful.

]]> http://richard.cyganiak.de/blog/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions/#comment-46283 Bernhard Schandl Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:54:34 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2007/03/uris-for-exceptions#comment-46283 <p>Richard, I guess this is already the case at least for java exceptions, since they have a unique name, at least when the package is included. Of course, there should be some syntax to make a "real" URI out of it.</p> Richard, I guess this is already the case at least for java exceptions, since they have a unique name, at least when the package is included. Of course, there should be some syntax to make a “real” URI out of it.

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