qualified host parameter for UnknownHostException?

[Alan Bateman]

On 08/11/2013 21:34, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Hello,
>
> BTW: it would be good if UHE had a data member of the not-found host 
> value. Actually the javadoc hints in that direction:
>
> # public UnknownHostException(String host)
> #
> # Parameters:
> #    host - the detail message.
>
> which is quite confusing. Maybe a new constructor like UHE(String 
> cause, String host, String osError) would be really usefull?
The name of the parameter is confusing because the detail message can 
include both the hostname and the error details (if known). This came 
recently during the lengthy discussion about JDK-8010371 [1].

-Alan.

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/net-dev/2013-October/007390.html