>From ###@###.### Mon May 27 23:27:41 1996
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 23:26:55 -0700
>From: "Chad O. Yoshikawa" <###@###.###>
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Subject: Requested Feature
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I'm requesting that the showDocument() method of AppletContext
raise an exception, e.g. IOException, when the showDocument() fails.
For example, if the host refered to in the URL is no longer available,
then the showDocument() to that host would raise the IOException.

This is needed to build fault tolerant browsers, etc. There is no other
way to build fault tolerance into an application that uses
showDocument(). Even if I ping the machine, then do a showDocument(),
there is a window of opportunity where the machine can crash.

-Chad Yoshikawa