Go for Java Programmers: Learn the Google Go Programming Language

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B. Feigenbaum, Ph.D.Go for Java Programmershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7199-5_7

7. Errors and Panics

Barry Feigenbaum, Ph.D.¹  

(1)

Austin, TX, USA

 

In this chapter, we will drill down on Go’s error detection and recovery features and how they differ from Java’s approach. When you have completed this chapter, you should be able to clearly identify the similarities and differences between the Go and Java error approaches.

Code, especially code in functions, can exit in several ways:

1. 1.

   Success – The function was accomplished as expected.

    
2. 2.

   Failure – The function was not accomplished as expected due to some predictable situation.

    
3. 3.

   Gross failure (aka panics ...