maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/exception/ExceptionSummary.java

package org.apache.maven.exception;

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import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Provide a summary of the exception, containing:<ul>
 * <li>the exception itself,</li>
 * <li>useful end-user message,</li>
 * <li>useful reference to a solution, or set of solutions: this is usually a wiki page url in
 * <a href="http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/">http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/</a>,
 * </li>
 * <li>child exception summaries.</li>
 * </ul>
 */
public class ExceptionSummary
{

    private Throwable exception;

    private String message;

    private String reference;

    private List<ExceptionSummary> children;

    public ExceptionSummary( Throwable exception, String message, String reference )
    {
        this( exception, message, reference, null );
    }

    public ExceptionSummary( Throwable exception, String message, String reference, List<ExceptionSummary> children )
    {
        this.exception = exception;
        this.message = ( message != null ) ? message : "";
        this.reference = ( reference != null ) ? reference : "";
        this.children = ( children != null )
                            ? Collections.unmodifiableList( children )
                            : Collections.emptyList();

    }

    public Throwable getException()
    {
        return exception;
    }

    public String getMessage()
    {
        return message;
    }

    public String getReference()
    {
        return reference;
    }

    public List<ExceptionSummary> getChildren()
    {
        return children;
    }

}