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Can someone help me? I think my exceptions may be wrong but need opinion (B&S)

 
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I have the following exceptions and would like opinions on them.

In my Database I have a super exception DatabaseException this is the parent class for all DatabaseExceptions and I have coded the provided interface exceptions from DB.java as subclasses of this exception. DatabaseException extends Exception.

In my server I have a Business Exception which once again is subclass of Exception but a super class to all business layer exceptions like..
RecordNotFoundException
BookedRecordException

I also have a final SystemException which is a subclass of RuntimeException and gets thrown when any error that can cause a serious problem occurs.

Do these exception classes sound ok?
 
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Personally, it looks to me you have too many exceptions. Think from the client side, how many exceptions do the client code need to catch?

I'm doing URLyBird, and I use a service layer between database and client. I have 2 exceptions (DatabaseException and RemoteException from RMI or some server exception if you like) to worry about at the end. My DB interface has 2 exceptions: RecordNotFoundException and DuplicateKeyException. In my service layer I catch these then throw my DatabaseException.

Talking about RuntimeException why need to have a SystemException? Are you planning to throw runtime exception?

Also I don't recommend making the exceptions from DB interface a subclass of your own DatabaseException or Java's exception subclass such as IOException. Just make it subclass Exception will be fine. This is because the behavior may be different.
 
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Thank you... I need to redo them(exceptions) I think.
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