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String to Value and DataFormatException

 
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Hello,

I have just completed two searches in the history on StringtoValue and DataFormatException. I looked at these in the API and required more information so I went to history but unfortunately it returned no results.

Could someone suggest where to look to find out more about these?

Should I be using DataFormatException instead of the Parse Exception?

Thanking you in advance.
 
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What situation will you be using the Exception for?
 
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Are you considering calling existing methods that might throw these exceptions? Or are you considering extending these exceptions in your own classes?
 
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marc and Paul,

Firstly, thank you for responding to my thread.

I have actually worked out the Exception to use so I have no problems now.

However, I would still be interest on when and what these are for?

I was originally having a date format of four digits.
The date was a String (it had to be as one came in as 0181 and zero is not seen as an integer, instead it was hex as it started with zero).

I was then using the ParseException to change the string to a date format.

My correct code in the end was as follows:


Again, thank you for your help!
 
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I'm not sure about the DataFormatException, it's in the Zip package so I guess it has something to do with files within zipfiles having the wrong format. The ParseException however in general occurs when you try to convert a string literal to a primitive with one of the wrapper classes.
 
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