Reusing Exceptions

I have a caching tool for recieving/holding Objects.

It gets used by calling for an Object with params that define where/how to get/make the Object.

Once I get the Object I save it, so that if it is asked for again, it is not needed to create/get a new one.

BUT

for some params the Object asked for isn't there or able to be made and an Exception is needed to be returned.

Can I put this Exception in my cache, so I can just return that instead of going thru the code to make/get my Object, when I know it will fail.

Can you reuse Exceptions?

Are they changed in anyway by the bit that catches them?

The exception I am after saving, in this case, is a MissingResourceException but I suppose that doesn't really matter, it'll eithor be OK or not.

[803 byte] By [simon_orangea] at [2007-10-1 20:02:56]