com.anthonyeden.lib
Class ChainedException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          com.anthonyeden.lib.ChainedException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConfigurationException, LockException, ResourceException

public class ChainedException

extends java.lang.Exception

A chained exception allows a parent exception to be specified and accessible through the getNestedError() method and will appear in stack traces.

Author:

Anthony Eden

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ChainedException(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable nestedError)
Create a new ChainedException.

Method Summary

java.lang.Throwable	getNestedError() Return the parent exception.
void	printStackTrace() Print the stack trace to System.err
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream out) Print the stack trace.
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter out) Print the stack trace.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, 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(java.lang.String message,
                        java.lang.Throwable nestedError)

Create a new ChainedException.

Parameters:

message - The message

nestedError - The parent exception

Method Detail

getNestedError

public java.lang.Throwable getNestedError()

Return the parent exception.

Returns:

The parent exception

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

Print the stack trace to System.err

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream out)

Print the stack trace.

Parameters:

out - The output stream

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter out)

Print the stack trace.

Parameters:

out - The output writer