geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/cache/RegionExistsException.java

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package org.apache.geode.cache;

/**
 * Indicates that the requested region already exists when a region is being created.
 *
 *
 *
 * @see Region#createSubregion
 * @see Cache#createRegion
 * @since GemFire 2.0
 */
public class RegionExistsException extends CacheException {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -5643670216230359426L;
  private transient Region region;

  /**
   * Constructs an instance of <code>RegionExistsException</code> with the specified Region.
   *
   * @param rgn the Region that exists
   */
  public RegionExistsException(Region rgn) {
    super(rgn.getFullPath());
    this.region = rgn;
  }

  /**
   * Constructs an instance of <code>RegionExistsException</code> with the specified detail message
   * and cause.
   *
   * @param rgn the Region that exists
   * @param cause the causal Throwable
   */
  public RegionExistsException(Region rgn, Throwable cause) {
    super(rgn.getFullPath(), cause);
    this.region = rgn;
  }

  /**
   * Return the Region that already exists which prevented region creation.
   *
   * @return the Region that already exists, or null if this exception has been serialized, in which
   *         {@link Throwable#getMessage } will return the pathFromRoot for the region that exists.
   */
  public Region getRegion() {
    return this.region;
  }
}