groovy/src/main/groovy/lang/MissingPropertyException.java

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package groovy.lang;


/**
 * An exception occurred if a dynamic property dispatch fails with an unknown property.
 * 
 * Note that the Missing*Exception classes were named for consistency and
 * to avoid conflicts with JDK exceptions of the same name.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:james@coredevelopers.net">James Strachan</a>
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public class MissingPropertyException extends GroovyRuntimeException {

    public static final Object MPE = new Object();

    private final String property;
    private final Class type;

    public MissingPropertyException(String property, Class type) {
        this.property = property;
        this.type = type;
    }

    public MissingPropertyException(String property, Class type, Throwable t) {
        super(t);
        this.property = property;
        this.type = type;
    }

    public MissingPropertyException(String message, String property, Class type) {
        super(message);
        this.property = property;
        this.type = type;
    }

    public String getMessageWithoutLocationText() {
        final Throwable cause = getCause();
        if (cause == null)
          return "No such property: " + property + " for class: " + type.getName();
        else
          return "No such property: " + property + " for class: " + type.getName() + ". Reason: " + cause;
    }

    /**
     * @return the name of the property that could not be found
     */
    public String getProperty() {
        return property;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return The type on which the property was attempted to be called
     */
    public Class getType() {
        return type;
    }
}