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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2000 William Chesters
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
9    *
10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
11   * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
12   *
13   * a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
14   *    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
15   *    any later version,
16   *
17   *    or
18   *
19   * b) any version of the Melati Software License, as published
20   *    at http://melati.org
21   *
22   * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
23   * the Melati Software License along with this program;
24   * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
25   * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA to obtain the
26   * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
27   * Melati Software License.
28   *
29   * Feel free to contact the Developers of Melati (http://melati.org),
30   * if you would like to work out a different arrangement than the options
31   * outlined here.  It is our intention to allow Melati to be used by as
32   * wide an audience as possible.
33   *
34   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
35   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
36   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
37   * GNU General Public License for more details.
38   *
39   * Contact details for copyright holder:
40   *
41   *     William Chesters <williamc At paneris.org>
42   *     http://paneris.org/~williamc
43   *     Obrechtstraat 114, 2517VX Den Haag, The Netherlands
44   */
45  
46  package org.melati.util;
47  
48  /**
49   * Abstract base class for all <code>Exception</code>s within 
50   * Melati.
51   */
52  public abstract class MelatiException extends Exception {
53  
54    /**
55     * Eclipse generated.
56     */
57    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5635532269280872906L;
58    
59    /** A sub-exception we may be wrapping, otherwise null. */ 
60    public Exception subException;
61  
62    /** Constructor with sub-exception. */
63    public MelatiException(Exception subException) {
64      this.subException = subException;
65    }
66    /**
67     * Constructor with message and pre-java 1.4 initial cause.
68     */
69    public MelatiException(String message, Exception subException) {
70      super(message);
71      initCause(subException);
72    }
73  
74    /**
75     * Constructor.
76     */
77    public MelatiException() {
78      this((Exception)null);
79    }
80  
81    /**
82     * Constructor with message.
83     * @param message a text 
84     */
85    public MelatiException(String message) { 
86      super(message);
87    }
88    /**
89     * {@inheritDoc}
90     * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage()
91     */
92    public String getMessage() {
93      return this.getClass().getName() +
94      (super.getMessage() == null ? "" : ": " + super.getMessage()) +
95      (subException == null ? "" : "\n" + subException);
96    }
97  
98    /**
99     * @return the actual cause
100    */
101   public Exception innermostException() {
102     return subException == null ? this :
103            subException instanceof MelatiException ?
104                ((MelatiException)subException).innermostException() :
105            subException instanceof MelatiRuntimeException ?
106                ((MelatiRuntimeException)subException).innermostException() :
107            subException;
108   }
109 
110   /**
111    * {@inheritDoc}
112    * @see java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace()
113    */
114   public void printStackTrace() {
115     if (subException == null)
116       super.printStackTrace();
117     else {
118       System.err.println(this);
119       System.err.println("---");
120       innermostException().printStackTrace();
121     }
122   }
123 
124   /**
125    * {@inheritDoc}
126    * @see java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream)
127    */
128   public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s) {
129     if (subException == null)
130       super.printStackTrace(s);
131     else {
132       s.println(this);
133       s.println("---");
134       innermostException().printStackTrace(s);
135     }
136   }
137 
138   /**
139    * {@inheritDoc}
140    * @see java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter)
141    */
142   public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter w) {
143     if (subException == null)
144       super.printStackTrace(w);
145     else {
146       w.println(this);
147       w.println("---");
148       innermostException().printStackTrace(w);
149     }
150   }
151 }