Re: Static initilizer failed to execute?

John C. Bollinger wrote:
> Virgil Green wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Here is the static initializer code. I haven't provided a complete,
>> working example because this is not a reproducible problem - it
>> seems to be a complete anomaly:
>>
>> static
>> {
>> try
>> {
>> TimingReporter resolveDuration = new TimingReporter("Resolve
>> to file " + FILE_NAME);
>> library =
>> LibraryListManager.getInstance().resolveLibraryName(FILE_NAME,
>> OBJECT_TYPE).trim();
>> resolveDuration.report();
>> } catch (Exception e)
>> {
>> e.printStackTrace();
>> }
>> }
>>
>> I would expect one of two things to happen:
>>
>> 1) the library variable would be populated and the
>> resolveDuration.report() call would produce a log entry telling me
>> how long the operation took to complete.
>> 2) there was an error (exception) in the resolveLibraryName() method
>> and I would get a stacktrace printed.
>
> 3) Something in the try block threw an Error, in which case the above
> code would print nothing (but something else would need to handle the
> error to prevent the application from crashing).

In this particular case, crashing is exactly what I would expect, but thanks
for the reminder that an unchecked exception might have been thrown.

> 4) The static initializer was never entered in the first place, for
> reasons centered elsewhere.

Reason's which I couldn't fathom, but could not yet discard.

As it happens, you may have seen my other post where I finally found the
stacktrace I had been expecting to find. I'll need to go in and make this
code a bit more robust.

Thanks for your comments.

--
Virgil


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