org.koala.koalautil
Class ChainedException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--org.koala.koalautil.ChainedException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ChainedException

extends java.lang.Exception

provides many useful ways to raise exceptions with different sets of information

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ChainedException()
Default constructor

ChainedException(java.lang.Object className, java.lang.String description, java.lang.String method)
Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

ChainedException(java.lang.Object className, java.lang.String description, java.lang.String method, java.lang.Throwable cause)
Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

ChainedException(java.lang.String msg)
Creates new ChainedException with a given message

ChainedException(java.lang.String className, java.lang.String description, java.lang.String method)
Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

ChainedException(java.lang.String className, java.lang.String description, java.lang.String method, java.lang.Throwable cause)
Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

ChainedException(java.lang.String msg, java.lang.Throwable cause)
Creates a new ChainedException providing a message and a cause

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getClassName() returns the name of the class which raised the exception
java.lang.String	getMessage() returns the exception's message
java.lang.String	getMethod() returns the name of the method which raised the exception
java.lang.String	getStackTraceAsString() returns the exception's stack trace in a String
void	printStackTrace() prints the stack trace with some additional formatting
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream ps) prints the stack trace with some additional formatting to a given stream
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter pw) prints the stack trace with some additional formatting using a writer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ChainedException

public ChainedException()

Default constructor

ChainedException

public ChainedException(java.lang.String msg)

Creates new ChainedException with a given message

Parameters:

msg - the message to include in the raised exception

ChainedException

public ChainedException(java.lang.String msg,
                        java.lang.Throwable cause)

Creates a new ChainedException providing a message and a cause

Parameters:

msg - the message to include in the exception

cause - the cause of the exception

ChainedException

public ChainedException(java.lang.String className,
                        java.lang.String description,
                        java.lang.String method)

Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

Parameters:

className - the name of the class which raised the exception

description - the description of the exception

method - the name of the method which raise the exception

ChainedException

public ChainedException(java.lang.String className,
                        java.lang.String description,
                        java.lang.String method,
                        java.lang.Throwable cause)

Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

Parameters:

className - the name of the class which raised the exception

description - the description of the exception

method - the name of the method which raised the exception

cause - the cause of the exception

ChainedException

public ChainedException(java.lang.Object className,
                        java.lang.String description,
                        java.lang.String method)

Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

Parameters:

className - the object from which to obtain the name of the class which raised the exception

description - the description of the exception

method - the name of the method which raised the exception

ChainedException

public ChainedException(java.lang.Object className,
                        java.lang.String description,
                        java.lang.String method,
                        java.lang.Throwable cause)

Creates a new ChainedException with some additional information on the context of the exception

Parameters:

className - the object from which to obtain the name of the class which raised the exception

description - the exception's description

method - the name of the method which raised the exception

cause - the exception's cause

Method Detail

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

returns the exception's message

Overrides:

getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

message

getClassName

public java.lang.String getClassName()

returns the name of the class which raised the exception

Returns:

className

getMethod

public java.lang.String getMethod()

returns the name of the method which raised the exception

Returns:

method

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

prints the stack trace with some additional formatting

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream ps)

prints the stack trace with some additional formatting to a given stream

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

ps - the stream to print the stack trace to

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter pw)

prints the stack trace with some additional formatting using a writer

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

pw - the writer to use

getStackTraceAsString

public java.lang.String getStackTraceAsString()

returns the exception's stack trace in a String

Returns:

the exception's stack trace