Whether we should hande RuntimeExceptions arising from badly behaved XAResource implementations

[tomjenkinson]

I am currently reviewing [JBTM-2148] Consider handling RuntimeExceptions arising from badly behaved XAResource implementations - JBoss Issue Trac…. I am considering closing the issue as WONTFIX as I do not think that adding support for none spec compliant XAResources is a sustainable approach. I am just notifying our community of that and should you have any strong feelings for us fixing that issue am happy to discuss it here.

Thanks,

Tom

[marklittle]

Agreed. Although we could handle RuntimeExceptions with a suitable catch block, it then raises the question about which other non-spec compliant exceptions or errors should we also catch? Maybe a default catch (Throwable) would be the obvious choice, but that simply addresses the symptoms. Better to address the cause in the first place.

[tomjenkinson]

As there doesn't appear to be any objections I will go with that approach. Thanks for the input Mark.