Re: java question

[Fredric Fredricson <fredric.fredriksson@example.com>]

B0Ti wrote:
> 
> Evening,
> 
> Maybe it's trivial, but I cannot find a clean solution to this.
> I need to read in an integer and it must be within a limit. Something
> like this:
> 
> try {
>     int someInt = Integer.parseInt(readUserInput());
>     if (someInt > 10 || someInt < 0) throw new NumberFormatException;
> }
> catch (NumberFormatException) { /* goto begin :( ...*/ }
> 
> My problem is that when NumberFormatException is caught I need to go
> back (restart at try)  and read in the integer again.
> Having grown up on basic I would immediately use a goto statement if
> java would allow it.
> How should this be done cleanly and effectively?

Just a small observation: just because java has exceptions does not 
mean that they are good for everything. Maybe a solution without
exceptions would be cleaner in this particular case.

/Fredric Fredricson