Re: [android-developers] Functional retrieval of strings?

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:49 PM, HippoMan <hippo.mailbox@gmail.com> wrote:

The reason I'd like this is so I can avoid compile errors if the
string doesn't exist. This would allow me to do something like the
following:

String foobar = null;
try {
 foobar = this.somehowGetStringAnotherWay("foobar");
}
catch (SomeSortOfException e) {
 Log.e("MyActivity", "foobar string not found");
}

Let me get this straight - you would rather have a runtime exception that you just catch and ignore than a compile time error that will quickly identify your problem and allow you to fix it on the spot?

Why exactly would you prefer this?

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