[jcifs] UnknownHostException doesn't throw UnknownHostException

[Michael B. Allen]

On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 00:34:22 -0400
Matthew Tippett <matthew.tippett at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> >>Currently SmbFile is documented (and does) (deep within the bowels of 
> >>getHostByName()) throw UnknownHostException.
> >>
> >>The API however doesn't have the throw as part of of the constructor 
> >>definition.
> > 
> > 
> > With   0.7.0b5  SmbFile  constructors  do  not  throw  UnknownHostException
> > (however  there  is  a very small possibilty it might go back in before the
> > betas  are  done  depending  on  how  outstanding URL handling concerns are
> > resolved). 
> 
> Exception in thread "main" java.net.UnknownHostException: 
> ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>
> 	at jcifs.netbios.NbtAddress.doNameQuery(NbtAddress.java:328)
> 	at jcifs.netbios.NbtAddress.getByName(NbtAddress.java:430)
> 	at jcifs.netbios.NbtAddress.getByName(NbtAddress.java:411)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.<init>(SmbFile.java:416)
> 	at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.<init>(SmbFile.java:352)
> 	at CIFSCrawler.main(CIFSCrawler.java:39)
> 
> Since UnknownHostException is a checked exception, how do you suggest 
> handling the above condition when there is no LMB on the subnet I am 
> scanning?

You're comparing old code to new API documentation. You should be seeing:

[miallen at nano jcifs]$ java -Djcifs.properties=../miallen.prp List smb://
Exception in thread "main" jcifs.smb.SmbException: Unknown host: ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>
        at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.connect0(SmbFile.java:469)
        at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.list(SmbFile.java:1034)
        at List.main(List.java:31)

> 
> I can do catch-all style exceptions, but I would prefer to catch it 
> explicitely, which I can't because it isn't in the throws.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 


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