Changes in the Java public API
The base class for the IS exceptions has been changed from the
un-checked RuntimeException to the checked
Exception.
For checked exceptions, one either has to put a try/catch block
around the code that
could potentially throw the exception, or add a "throws" clause to
the method, to indicate
that the method might throw this type of exception. That requirement
is enforced by
the Java compiler which should enforce exception safety of any code
using IS API by
verifying this at compile time.
Those changes should cause minimal disruption for an existing code,
if it
already handles all exceptions is a proper way and at the same time
it should reveal
places where exception handling is incorrect and requires some
fixing.