Re: NotYetImplementedError [Was: NYIException]

[Dalibor Topic]

David Holmes wrote:
> > I personally think that a Java application should not try
> > to discover the JVM/library version through an akward usage of
> > exceptions/errors.
>
>
> I'm not so sure this is about actual version information but more
> about not yet implemented methods in a VM/library that purports to
> support the version of the API that includes that method. Classpath is
> in the unfortunate state of supporting different versions of API's
> depending on which class you are looking at, so what version
> information would the system property return?

The one of Classpath, as that's the only one it knows for sure.

cheers,
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