Codereview request for 8006295: Base64.Decoder.wrap(java.io.InputStream) returns InputStream which throws unspecified IOException on attempt to decode invalid Base64 byte stream

[Alan Bateman]

On 31/01/2013 23:20, Xueming Shen wrote:
>
> Any opinion of an ioe based specific InvalidedBase64BytesException
> is more appropriate/preferred/desired in this kinda of situation? The
> argument against the IAE is probably that an IAE may be a surprise
> for someone working on inputstream.read().
>
> -Sherman
I just replied to your original mail, as IAE doesn't make sense here.

I guess the question on whether you need a specialized exception comes 
down to whether it would be useful to take recovery action that would be 
different to other I/O exceptions that might happen. If we don't have 
good use-cases then it's probably not worth doing it now, it is always 
something that could be added later if really needed (as it shouldn't 
break anyone to throw a more specific exception in the future).

-Alan