edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat

Class McdbException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

edu.ucsb.nceas.metacat.McdbException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

McdbDocNotFoundException

public class McdbException
extends java.lang.Exception

Exception thrown when an error occurs because a problem occurred in the metacat database. This is the general type of Exception that is thrown whenever the server encounters an Error or Exception that is outside of the scope of normal operation. This class may be subclassed to provide more detailed informatin about the error.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
McdbException() Create a new McdbException.
McdbException(java.lang.Exception e) Create a new McdbException.
McdbException(java.lang.String message) Create a new McdbException.
McdbException(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Exception e) Create a new McdbException.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Exception	getException() Get the tunneled Exception
java.lang.String	getMessage() Get the message from this exception.
void	toXml(java.io.Writer pw) Print the message from this exception in XML format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, 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

McdbException

public McdbException()

Create a new McdbException.

McdbException

public McdbException(java.lang.String message)

Create a new McdbException.

Parameters:

message - The error or warning message.

McdbException

public McdbException(java.lang.Exception e)

Create a new McdbException.

Parameters:

e - The exception to tunnel inside this exception

McdbException

public McdbException(java.lang.String message,
                     java.lang.Exception e)

Create a new McdbException.

Parameters:

message - The error or warning message.

e - The exception to tunnel inside this exception

Method Detail

getException

public java.lang.Exception getException()

Get the tunneled Exception

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Get the message from this exception.

This returns the message from this exception, but if it is null, and if the tunnelled exception is not null, then it returns the message fromthe tunnelled exception.

Overrides:

getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

toXml

public void toXml(java.io.Writer pw)

Print the message from this exception in XML format.

This returns the message from this exception, but if it is null, and if the tunnelled exception is not null, then it returns the message from the tunnelled exception.