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+# [errs-java][repo-url] [![Maven Central][mvn-img]][mvn-url] [![GitHub.io][io-img]][io-url] [![CI Status][ci-img]][ci-url] [![MIT License][mit-img]][mit-url]
+
+A library for handling exceptions with reasons.
+
+In Java programming, it is cumbersome to implement a separate exception class for each exception case.
+However, trying to handle multiple exception cases with a single exception class makes it difficult to distinguish between them.
+
+The exception class `Exc` provided by this library solves this problem by accepting a `Record` object that represents the reason for the exception.
+Since a `Record` object can have any fields, it can store information about the situation at the time the exception occurred.
+The type of the `Record` object can be determined and cast using a switch statement, making it easy to write handling logic for each exception case.
+
+Optionally, when an `Exc` object is instantiated, pre-registered exception handlers can receive notifications either synchronously or asynchronously.
+However, to enable this feature, you must specify the system property `-Dgithub.sttk.errs.notify=true` at program startup.
+
+## Install
+
+This package can be installed from [Maven Central Repository][mvn-url].
+
+The examples of declaring that repository and the dependency on this package in Maven `pom.xml` and Gradle `build.gradle` are as follows:
+
+### for Maven
+
+```
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.github.sttk</groupId>
+      <artifactId>errs</artifactId>
+      <version>0.1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+```
+
+### for Gradle
+
+```
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+dependencies {
+  implementation 'io.github.sttk:errs:0.1.0'
+}
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### Exc instantiation and identification of a reason
+
+The following code instantiates an `Exc` and throws it.
+
+```java
+package sample;
+
+import com.github.sttk.errs.Exc;
+
+public class SampleClass {
+
+    record IndexOutOfRange(String name, int index, int min, int max) {}
+
+    public void sampleMethod() throws Exc {
+        ...
+        throw new Exc(new IndexOutOfRange("array", i, 0, array.length));
+    }
+}
+```
+
+And the following code catches the exception and identifies the reason with a switch expression.
+
+```java
+  try {
+      sampleMethod();
+  } catch (Exc e) {
+      switch (e.getReason()) {
+          case IndexOutOfRange reason -> {
+              String name = reason.name();
+              int index = reason.index();
+              int min = reason.min();
+              int max = reason.max();
+              ...
+          }
+          ...
+      }
+  }
+```
+
+### Exception notification (Optional)
+
+> To enable this feature, you must specify the system property `-Dgithub.sttk.errs.notify=true` at program startup.
+
+This library optionally provides a feature to notify pre-registered exception handlers when an `Exc` is instantiated.
+Multiple exception handlers can be registered, and you can choose to receive notifications either synchronously or asynchronously.
+To register exception handlers that receive notifications synchronously, use the `Exc.AddSyncHandler` static method.
+For asynchronous notifications, use the `Exc.AddAsyncHandler` static method.
+
+Exception notifications will not occur until the `Exc.fixHandlers` static method is called.
+This static method locks the current set of exception handlers, preventing further additions and enabling notification processing.
+
+```java
+package sample;
+
+import com.github.sttk.errs.Exc;
+import static java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ISO_INSTANT;
+
+public class Main {
+    static {
+        Exc.addSyncHandlers((exc, tm) -> {
+          System.out.println(String.format("%s - %s:%d",
+            exc.getMessage(), exc.getFile(), exc.getLine());
+        });
+
+        Exc.addAsyncHandlers((exc, tm) -> {
+          removeLogger.log(String.format("%s:%s:%d:%s",
+              tm.format(ISO_INSTANT), exc.getFile(), exc.getLine(), exc.toString()));
+        });
+
+        Exc.fixHandlers();
+    }
+
+    record IndexOutOfRange(String name, int index, int min, int max) {}
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            throw new Exc(new IndexOutOfRange("array", 11, 0, 10));
+        } catch (Exc e) {}
+    }
+}
+```
+
+```sh
+% java -Dgithub.sttk.errs.notify=true sample.Main
+sample.Main$IndexOutOfRange { name=array, index=11, min=0, max=10 } - Main.java:25
+```
+
+## Native build
+
+This library supports native build with GraalVM.
+
+See the following pages to setup native build environment on Linux/macOS or Windows.
+- [Setup native build environment on Linux/macOS](https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image/)
+- [Setup native build environment on Windows](https://www.graalvm.org/latest/docs/getting-started/windows/#prerequisites-for-native-image-on-windows)
+
+And see the following pages to build native image with Maven or Gradle.
+- [Native image building with Maven plugin](https://graalvm.github.io/native-build-tools/latest/maven-plugin.html)
+- [Native image building with Gradle plugin](https://graalvm.github.io/native-build-tools/latest/gradle-plugin.html)
+
+**NOTE:** If serialization for `Exc` is used, it is needed to specify the serialization configurations for derived classes of `Record` indicating the reason and derived classes of `Throwable` indicating the causing exception classes in the `serialization-config.json` file.
+
+## Supporting JDK versions
+
+This library supports JDK 21 or later.
+
+### Actually checked JDK versions:
+
+- Oracle GraalVM 24.0.1+9.1 (build 24.0.1+9-jvmci-b01)
+- Oracle GraalVM 23.0.2+7.1 (build 23.0.2+7-jvmci-b01)
+- Oracle GraalVM 21.0.6+8.1 (build 21.0.6+8-LTS-jvmci-23.1-b55)
+
+## License
+
+Copyright (C) 2024 Takayuki Sato
+
+This program is free software under MIT License.<br>
+See the file LICENSE in this distribution for more details.
+
+
+[repo-url]: https://github.com/sttk/errs-java
+[mvn-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/maven_central-0.1.0-276bdd.svg
+[mvn-url]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.github.sttk/errs/0.1.0
+[io-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/github.io-Javadoc-4d7a97.svg
+[io-url]: https://sttk.github.io/errs-java/
+[ci-img]: https://github.com/sttk/errs-java/actions/workflows/java-ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
+[ci-url]: https://github.com/sttk/errs-java/actions?query=branch%3Amain
+[mit-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg
+[mit-url]: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT