[jdom-interest] NoSuch*Exceptions in JDOM

[Jim Rudnicki]

Lurking here I notice everyone dividing into two camps. Let me offer a third
direction.

Any function using the return value to return error codes I accept as bad
design.  I thought we all learned this long ago.  A section from "Writing
Solid Code" burned in my memory (but looked up, p91):

  "Don't use confusing dual purpose return values--each output should
represent exactly one data type.  Make it hard to ignore important details
by making them explicit in the design."