The Performance Cost Of Throwing Exceptions (or Custom Exceptions) In ColdFusion
A couple months back, I read Ben Nadel's blog on The Performance Cost Of Throwing Exceptions In ColdFusion . It made me curious how my custom validation exception would perform. Using Ben's code, I ran a base test on my computer to have an apples to apples comparison. The ColdFusion cfthrow Test Throw Exception: false Results: 63 Results: 63 Results: 47 Results: 62 Results: 62 Throw Exception: true Results: 890 Results: 718 Results: 672 Results: 672 Results: 1,219 Custom Exception for Validation Throw Exception: false Results: 62 Results: 62 Results: 63 Results: 62 Results: 63 Throw Exception: true Results: 422 Results: 438 Results: 406 Results: 422 Results: 391 I'M BAFFLED! I expected my custom exception to run slower than coldFusion's exception. My java code just inherits RuntimeException, and then I cfthrow object="javaObject". I'm curious what cfthrow messa...