Are RuntimeExceptions really intended?

[michaelknigge]

I looked through the issues at https://app.codacy.com/app/veraPDF/veraPDF-parser/issues and asked myself if it is really the desired behavior that veraPDF throws RuntimeExceptions?

For example, let's have a look at Writer.visitFromStream(COSStream obj) - if an IOException occurs, veraPDF will throw a RuntimeException. Why? Is it really the desired behavior that veraPDF (probably) terminates an application if (for example) the disk is full?

IMHO a library should never tear down an application - if the application should exit/terminate or not is the responsibility of the application. I usually would not expect that....

Bye,
Michael

[carlwilson]

Hi again @michaelknigge I'll be leaving this open for now. The behaviour you describe sounds neither desirable or intentional and we'll review over the development period for the next release. Thanks.