[jdom-interest] [Vote] NoSuchChildException

[Alex Chaffee]

> Yes it is true. NoSuchElementException is thrown by the next() method 
> of the Iterator interface, as well as by the nextElement() method of 
> the Enumeration interface. For example from ListIterator:

OK, fine, if you're going to grep the source code... ;-)

You're right, the API is a bit schizophrenic.  In fact, Iterator needs
to be committed to an institution and put on heavy medication.  It's a
danger to itself and others.  But List and Set and the other core
interfaces are pretty healthy.

LinkedList doesn't count since that's a concrete implementation class
that provides an extra method that's not in the List interface.  In
fact, that exception is so flagrantly stupid and poorly placed that I
feel like sending a flame email to @author Josh Bloch right now.  The
only reasoning I can come up with is that he really meant to throw
"IndexOutOfBoundsException"...  Oh, wait, no, it only makes sense
because in this case (getFirst() and getLast()) "null" has a different
meaning.  It means "the first item in the list is null", not "there is
no first item since the list is empty."  I rest my case (as usual
among defense lawyers, providing three conflicting arguments).

 - Alex, who didn't do it, and if he did, had a good reason, and if it
wasn't a good reason, then it was really someone else's fault


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