Re: IFSFileInputStream question

["Larry Loen" <lwloen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I usually resort to this:

  IFSFileInputStream fileIn = null;
  String data = null;

  try {  fileIn =
        new IFSFileInputStream(as400, "/GISB/OUTBOUND/GSBPDTAOUT");
       data = reader.readLine();
  } catch (IOException ioe) {}; // or whatever

  try {
    data = reader.readLine();
  }  catch (IOException ioeRead)  { //  or other more specific handling.
  }

The theoretician in me can't like it, because I lose the ability for the
compiler to detect "reference before use" errors.  So, in that sense, you
are right to resist the fairly obvious solution.  It is inelegant.

But, I can't think of a better way.


Larry W. Loen  -   Senior Java and iSeries Performance Analyst

speaking on his own