JDOM
1.0beta10

org.jdom
Class JDOMException

java.lang.Object
  extended byjava.lang.Throwable
      extended byjava.lang.Exception
          extended byorg.jdom.JDOMException
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
DataConversionException, JDOMParseException, XSLTransformException

public class JDOMException
extends java.lang.Exception

The top level exception that JDOM classes can throw. Its subclasses add specificity to the problems that can occur using JDOM. This single exception can be caught to handle all JDOM specific problems (some methods may throw IOException and such).

Version:
$Revision: 1.22 $, $Date: 2004/02/06 09:28:30 $
Author:
Brett McLaughlin, Jason Hunter
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
JDOMException()
          This will create an Exception.
JDOMException(java.lang.String message)
          This will create an Exception with the given message.
JDOMException(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable cause)
          This will create an Exception with the given message and wrap another Exception.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.Throwable getCause()
          This will return the root cause Throwable, or null if one does not exist.
 java.lang.String getMessage()
          This returns the message for the Exception.
 java.lang.Throwable initCause(java.lang.Throwable cause)
          Intializes the cause of this exception to be the specified value.
 void printStackTrace()
          This prints the stack trace of the Exception.
 void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s)
          This prints the stack trace of the Exception to the given PrintStream.
 void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter w)
          This prints the stack trace of the Exception to the given PrintWriter.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

JDOMException

public JDOMException()
This will create an Exception.


JDOMException

public JDOMException(java.lang.String message)
This will create an Exception with the given message.

Parameters:
message - String message indicating the problem that occurred.

JDOMException

public JDOMException(java.lang.String message,
                     java.lang.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

initCause

public java.lang.Throwable initCause(java.lang.Throwable cause)
Intializes the cause of this exception to be the specified value.

Parameters:
cause - Throwable that caused this to be thrown.
Returns:
a pointer to this throwable

getMessage

public java.lang.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.

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(java.io.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(java.io.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.


getCause

public java.lang.Throwable getCause()
This will return the root cause Throwable, or null if one does not exist.

Returns:
Throwable - the wrapped Throwable.

JDOM
1.0beta10

Copyright © 2004 Jason Hunter, Brett McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved.