Conector/C++ returns NULL on invalid URI instead of throwing an exception

#include <iostream>

#include <exception>

#include <ConnCpp.h>

#include <Exception.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

   {

   sql::Driver* driver = sql::mariadb::get_driver_instance();

   sql::Connection *conn;

   sql::Statement *stmt;

   try {

      conn = driver->connect("moe:3306", "user", "pwd");

      stmt = conn->createStatement();

   } catch(sql::SQLException &e) {

      std::cerr << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n";

   }

   return 0;

   }

  Connection* MariaDbDriver::connect(const SQLString& url, Properties& props)

  {

    UrlParser* urlParser= UrlParser::parse(url, props);

    if (urlParser == nullptr || urlParser->getHostAddresses().empty())

    {

==>      return nullptr;