mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapred/InvalidInputException.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.mapred;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * This class wraps a list of problems with the input, so that the user
 * can get a list of problems together instead of finding and fixing them one 
 * by one.
 */
public class InvalidInputException extends IOException {
 
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  private List<IOException> problems;
  
  /**
   * Create the exception with the given list.
   * @param probs the list of problems to report. this list is not copied.
   */
  public InvalidInputException(List<IOException> probs) {
    problems = probs;
  }
  
  /**
   * Get the complete list of the problems reported.
   * @return the list of problems, which must not be modified
   */
  public List<IOException> getProblems() {
    return problems;
  }
  
  /**
   * Get a summary message of the problems found.
   * @return the concatenated messages from all of the problems.
   */
  public String getMessage() {
    StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
    Iterator<IOException> itr = problems.iterator();
    while(itr.hasNext()) {
      result.append(itr.next().getMessage());
      if (itr.hasNext()) {
        result.append("\n");
      }
    }
    return result.toString();
  }
}