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 message="me" does that it is twice as slow.

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 29, 2009 at 8:18 AM

    Definitely very intereseting. I'm sure there is some low-level reasoning behind this, but it is beyond me :)

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  2. UnknownJanuary 7, 2010 at 2:31 PM

    That is interesting. As an aside, how are you liking the exception-based validation? I just took a look at your linked post; I've never thought of doing that way. Has it been working nicely?

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  3. Craig BennerJanuary 7, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    It works out great! Instead of creating a errorDTO for every beanDTO, I now have a dynamic errorDTO that works in the same way. And my views for displaying the errors are much cleaner too, since my if logic is encapsulated in the errorException. I am still not sure why my inherited exception class is faster than coldfusion's exception. But even if it was a little slower, being able to have less code is a great advantage!

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