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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   *
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15   *    any later version,
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17   *    or
18   *
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26   * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
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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.poem;
47  
48  /**
49   * Base class for all Poem exceptions.
50   * <p>
51   * NOTE All POEM exceptions are unchecked.
52   */
53  public abstract class PoemException extends RuntimeException {
54  
55    /**
56     * 
57     */
58    private static final long serialVersionUID = 3801377407054077460L;
59    /**
60     * Pre-java 1.4 initial cause.
61     */
62    public Exception subException;
63  
64    /** Constructor. */
65    public PoemException(Exception subException) {
66      this((String)null, subException);
67    }
68  
69    /** Constructor. */
70    public PoemException() {
71      this((String)null);
72    }
73    /**
74     * Constructor with message and initial cause.
75     */
76    public PoemException(String message, Exception subException) {
77      this(message);
78      initCause(subException);
79    }
80    /**
81     * Constructor with message.
82     */
83    public PoemException(String message) {
84      super(message);
85    }
86    /**
87     * No longer overrides standard method.
88     * {@inheritDoc}
89     * @see java.lang.Throwable#initCause(java.lang.Throwable)
90     */
91    public Throwable initCause(Throwable cause) {
92      subException = (Exception)cause;
93      // Java 1.3 
94      // return this;
95      return super.initCause(cause);
96    }
97    
98  
99    /**
100    * @return the message from super class
101    */
102   public String getCoreMessage() {
103     return super.getMessage();
104   }
105 
106   /** 
107    * The detail message which may be null.
108    * {@inheritDoc}
109    * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage()
110    */
111   public String getMessage() {
112     return this.getClass().getName() +
113            (super.getMessage() == null ? "" : ": " + super.getMessage()) +
114            (subException == null ? "" : "\n" + subException);
115   }
116 
117   /**
118    * @return the actual exception
119    */
120   public Exception innermostException() {
121     return subException == null ? this :
122            subException instanceof PoemException ?
123                ((PoemException)subException).innermostException() :
124            subException;
125   }
126 
127   /**
128    * {@inheritDoc}
129    * @see java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace()
130    */
131   public void printStackTrace() {
132     if (subException == null)
133       super.printStackTrace();
134     else {
135       System.err.println(this);
136       System.err.println("---");
137       innermostException().printStackTrace();
138     }
139   }
140 
141   /**
142    * {@inheritDoc}
143    * @see java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream)
144    */
145   public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s) {
146     if (subException == null)
147       super.printStackTrace(s);
148     else {
149       s.println(this);
150       s.println("---");
151       innermostException().printStackTrace(s);
152     }
153   }
154 
155   /**
156    * {@inheritDoc}
157    * @see java.lang.Throwable#printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter)
158    */
159   public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter w) {
160     if (subException == null)
161       super.printStackTrace(w);
162     else {
163       w.println(this);
164       w.println("---");
165       innermostException().printStackTrace(w);
166     }
167   }
168 }