PROPOSAL: Unchecked Exceptions as Subclasses of Checked Exceptions

[Stephen Colebourne]

Alan Snyder wrote:
> Unchecked Exceptions as Subclasses of Checked Exceptions
> 	public class TheCheckedException extends Exception {};
> 
> 	public class TheUncheckedException extends TheCheckedException implements
> UncheckedException {};

I like the idea.

I'm not sure if its actually feasible. I suspect that its more complex 
than it seems.

I'm also not sure whether there are that many real use cases. Most of 
the time you control your exception hierarchy (so you can choose 
unchecked) or you have to live with a published API (the JDK) and so it 
can't be changed.

Stephen