[jdom-interest] NoSuch*Exceptions in JDOM

[Dave Hurrell]

I suggest a new method following the java.util.Properties pattern meets the
underlying need and solves your problem.    Namely:  public Element getChild(String
aString, Object defaultValue).    It does not throw a NoSuchElementException and can
return a null, "" or 0 as appropriate.. --GreatOne--

Simon Rade wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Element's methods getAttribute() and getChild() now throws
> NoSuchElementException and NoSuchAttributeException.
> Do you think this is better than returning null in such cases?
> Since it often happens that you don't know whether child or attribute
> exists and it is very awkward to handle those Exceptions.
>
> Bye,
> Simon
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