exception error in a ActionListener class

[aserothbw]

I am having an issue with one of the GUIs I am currently working on. The GUI itself works fine, but the actionlistener tied to it, keeps coming up with exception errors.

The listener is used to create an instance of a seperate class that connects to, accesses, and returns data from a database. All of the database functions are kept within the class, and all its exceptions are handled, etc. However, when I try to code the listener on the gui side, I keep getting compile errors asking for the exceptions being handled in the db class to be added to the actionlistener. If I add them, I get more compiler errors stating that they are not compatible with actionlistener.actionperformed. Can anyone shed some light on this problem?

[zweibieren]

The default workaround would seem to be the blunderbuss approach:

[INDENT]try {
...
} catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); }[/INDENT]

This should get the code to compile, but needs something more user friendly in the catch-body.

[r035198x]

actionPerformed is not allowed to throw checked exceptions. Either handle them or better yet, separate your DB access code from your interface code.
You should certainly not be trying to connect to a database on the EDT.

[programmer_007]

Better make separate functions for particular data access .... and call them in actionPerformed...

[r035198x]

Better make separate functions for particular data access .... and call them in actionPerformed...

That would be a no-op (no operation) because
1.) Those separate functions still need to handle the exceptions anyway and
2.) Those functions called from actionPerformed would be called on the EDT and asking the EDT to do database stuff is serious disrespect.

[aserothbw]

thank you all for the input. It turns out that I had an extra throw clause in my db code that was causing the compiler error to pop up. Once the throw clause was deleted, Everything ran fine. It's always the simple things that cause the biggest problems. . .

[programmer_007]

yeah ...it happens sometimes .. cheers