Re: failure to add to a repository

I would go for exceptions if anything goes wrong.
Jörgen
Den 10 apr 2013 19:52 skrev "Caleb Cushing" <[email protected]>:

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> I'm designing a RESTful web service...
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> My problem is that in thinking a repository has a collection
> interface. Given that an add operation on a collection usually either
> returns t/f, void, or the object (depending on language). But both
> database access and http have further ways of describing the failure
> than a simple succeed/fail.
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> This could be handled in one of 2 ways, custom exceptions or status
> codes, I'm writing to see what is generally preferred?
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> Caleb Cushing
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