org.jdom

Class JDOMException

public class JDOMException extends Exception

JDOMException

This Exception subclass is the top level Exception that JDOM classes can throw. It's subclasses add specificity to the problems that can occur using JDOM, but this single Exception can be caught to handle all JDOM specific problems.

Version: $Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 2002/01/08 09:17:10 $

Author: Brett McLaughlin Jason Hunter

Field Summary
protected Throwablecause
A wrapped Throwable
Constructor Summary
JDOMException()

This will create an Exception.

JDOMException(String message)

This will create an Exception with the given message.

JDOMException(String message, Throwable cause)

This will create an Exception with the given message and wrap another Exception.

Method Summary
ThrowablegetCause()

This will return the root cause Throwable, or null if one does not exist.

StringgetMessage()

This returns the message for the Exception.

ThrowableinitCause(Throwable cause)

Intializes the cause of this exception to be the specified value.

voidprintStackTrace()

This prints the stack trace of the Exception.

voidprintStackTrace(PrintStream s)

This prints the stack trace of the Exception to the given PrintStream.

voidprintStackTrace(PrintWriter w)

This prints the stack trace of the Exception to the given PrintWriter.

Field Detail

cause

protected Throwable cause
A wrapped Throwable

Constructor Detail

JDOMException

public JDOMException()

This will create an Exception.

JDOMException

public JDOMException(String message)

This will create an Exception with the given message.

Parameters: message String message indicating the problem that occurred.

JDOMException

public JDOMException(String message, Throwable cause)

This will create an Exception with the given message and wrap another Exception. This is useful when the originating Exception should be held on to.

Parameters: message String message indicating the problem that occurred. cause Throwable that caused this to be thrown.

Method Detail

getCause

public Throwable getCause()

This will return the root cause Throwable, or null if one does not exist.

Returns: Throwable - the wrapped Throwable.

getMessage

public String getMessage()

This returns the message for the Exception. If there are one or more nested exceptions, their messages are appended.

Returns: String - message for Exception.

initCause

public Throwable initCause(Throwable cause)

Intializes the cause of this exception to be the specified value.

Parameters: cause Throwable that caused this to be thrown.

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

This prints the stack trace of the Exception. If there is a root cause, the stack trace of the root Exception is printed right after.

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(PrintStream s)

This prints the stack trace of the Exception to the given PrintStream. If there is a root cause, the stack trace of the root Exception is printed right after.

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter w)

This prints the stack trace of the Exception to the given PrintWriter. If there is a root cause, the stack trace of the root Exception is printed right after.

Copyright B) 2002 Jason Hunter, Brett McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved.