uk.ac.ebi.intact.persistence
Class UpdateException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--uk.ac.ebi.intact.persistence.UpdateException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class UpdateException

extends java.lang.Exception

Exception class to provide more meaningful error messages. There is an extra constructor to allow other exceptions to pass on information.

Version:

$Id: UpdateException.java,v 1.1 2003/08/13 14:28:13 smudali Exp $

Author:

Chris Lewington

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

UpdateException()
The default construstor with a default error message.

UpdateException(java.lang.String msg)

UpdateException(java.lang.String msg, java.lang.Exception e)
this constructor is used typically to pass on extra failure information from excpetions thrown elsewhere, eg from within other APIs

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNestedMessage() this method obtains any information from within nested exceptions that have been passed on.
java.lang.Exception	getRootCause()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UpdateException

public UpdateException()

The default construstor with a default error message.

UpdateException

public UpdateException(java.lang.String msg)

UpdateException

public UpdateException(java.lang.String msg,
                       java.lang.Exception e)

this constructor is used typically to pass on extra failure information from excpetions thrown elsewhere, eg from within other APIs

Parameters:

msg - - the currently raised message

e - - an Exception being passed on

Method Detail

getNestedMessage

public java.lang.String getNestedMessage()

this method obtains any information from within nested exceptions that have been passed on.

Returns:

String - a nested message, or a string indiciating none available

getRootCause

public java.lang.Exception getRootCause()