sources/org/apache/batik/xml/XMLException.java

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package org.apache.batik.xml;

/**
 * This class encapsulates a general XML error or warning.
 *
 * <p>This class can contain basic error or warning information from
 * either the parser or the application.
 *
 * <p>If the application needs to pass through other types of
 * exceptions, it must wrap those exceptions in a XMLException.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:stephane@hillion.org">Stephane Hillion</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class XMLException extends RuntimeException {

    /**
     * @serial The embedded exception if tunnelling, or null.
     */    
    protected Exception exception;

    /**
     * Creates a new XMLException.
     * @param message The error or warning message.
     */
    public XMLException (String message) {
        super(message);
        exception = null;
    }
    
    /**
     * Creates a new XMLException wrapping an existing exception.
     *
     * <p>The existing exception will be embedded in the new
     * one, and its message will become the default message for
     * the XMLException.
     * @param e The exception to be wrapped in a XMLException.
     */
    public XMLException (Exception e) {
        exception = e;
    }
    
    /**
     * Creates a new XMLException from an existing exception.
     *
     * <p>The existing exception will be embedded in the new
     * one, but the new exception will have its own message.
     * @param message The detail message.
     * @param e The exception to be wrapped in a SAXException.
     */
    public XMLException (String message, Exception e) {
        super(message);
        exception = e;
    }
    
    /**
     * Return a detail message for this exception.
     *
     * <p>If there is a embedded exception, and if the XMLException
     * has no detail message of its own, this method will return
     * the detail message from the embedded exception.
     * @return The error or warning message.
     */
    public String getMessage () {
        String message = super.getMessage();
        
        if (message == null && exception != null) {
            return exception.getMessage();
        } else {
            return message;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Return the embedded exception, if any.
     * @return The embedded exception, or null if there is none.
     */
    public Exception getException () {
        return exception;
    }

    /**
     * Prints this <code>Exception</code> and its backtrace to the 
     * standard error stream.
     */
    public void printStackTrace() { 
        if (exception == null) {
            super.printStackTrace();
        } else {
            synchronized (System.err) {
                System.err.println(this);
                super.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Prints this <code>Exception</code> and its backtrace to the 
     * specified print stream.
     *
     * @param s <code>PrintStream</code> to use for output
     */
    public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s) { 
        if (exception == null) {
            super.printStackTrace(s);
        } else {
            synchronized (s) {
                s.println(this);
                super.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Prints this <code>Exception</code> and its backtrace to the specified
     * print writer.
     *
     * @param s <code>PrintWriter</code> to use for output
     */
    public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter s) { 
        if (exception == null) {
            super.printStackTrace(s);
        } else {
            synchronized (s) {
                s.println(this);
                super.printStackTrace(s);
            }
        }
    }
}