Quick, shallow Java question: parentheses around SQLException

Question

  try {
      ...
  }  catch (SQLException sqle) {
      String theError = (sqle).getSQLState();
      ...
  }

What does the surrounding sqle

parenthesis do? Anything?

Just curious.

+1

Daddy warbox 06 jan. '09 at 2:11

1 answer

Lawrence dol · Accepted Answer · 2009-01-06T02:12:58+0000

The quick answer is nothing.

Longer answer. It could be a rudimentary remnant of an inline casting:

((SomeMoreSpecificException)sqle).get...