jef.dna.exceptions
Class ValidationExceptionAncestor

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          jef.dna.exceptions.ValidationExceptionAncestor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeOutOfRangeException, AttributeValidationException, ConstantInfoAttributeOutOfRangeException, ConstantInfoValidationException, FieldInfoValidationException, InfoStructureAttributeOutOfRangeException

public class ValidationExceptionAncestor
extends java.lang.Exception

Ancestor class gathering all the methods common to every more specialized validation exception class.

Author:

Francesco Russo

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Object	actualValue
protected java.lang.String	attribute
protected java.lang.Object	expectedValue
protected IndexOutOfRangeException	innerIore
protected java.lang.String	msg
protected java.lang.Object	srcEntity

Constructor Summary

ValidationExceptionAncestor(java.lang.Object srcEntity, java.lang.String attribute, java.lang.Object actualValue, java.lang.Object expectedValue, java.lang.String msg)
Creates a new instance of ValidationExceptionAncestor without detail message.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getActualValue() Return the actual value associated with the attribute over which the validation process failed.
java.lang.String	getAttribute() Return the name of the attribute whose value does not agree with the specification.
ValidationExceptionHelper	getHelper() Returns a ValidationExceptionHelper instance for abstracting from all the reflection related issues necessary for retreiving the actual value of those attributes over which the validation process failed.
IndexOutOfRangeException	getInnerIndexOutOfRangeException() This method should be useful to XxxOutOfRangeException subclasses.
java.lang.String	getMessage() Returns a user friendly message describing the exception.
java.lang.Object	getSrcEntity() Return the object that originated the exception
void	setInnerIndexOutOfRangeException(IndexOutOfRangeException e) This method should be useful to XxxOutOfRangeException subclasses.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

srcEntity

protected java.lang.Object srcEntity

attribute

protected java.lang.String attribute

actualValue

protected java.lang.Object actualValue

expectedValue

protected java.lang.Object expectedValue

msg

protected java.lang.String msg

innerIore

protected IndexOutOfRangeException innerIore

Constructor Detail

ValidationExceptionAncestor

public ValidationExceptionAncestor(java.lang.Object srcEntity,
                                   java.lang.String attribute,
                                   java.lang.Object actualValue,
                                   java.lang.Object expectedValue,
                                   java.lang.String msg)

Creates a new instance of ValidationExceptionAncestor without detail message.

Method Detail

getSrcEntity

public java.lang.Object getSrcEntity()

Return the object that originated the exception

Returns:

Object

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute()

Return the name of the attribute whose value does not agree with the specification. This name might be used along with relection for further inspections by the exception catcher. It is sufficient prefixing the returned string with get or set for obtaining or changing the actual value of the inspected attribute.

Returns:

String The name of the attribute over which the validation failed

getActualValue

public java.lang.Object getActualValue()

Return the actual value associated with the attribute over which the validation process failed.

Returns:

Object The actual value

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Returns a user friendly message describing the exception.

Overrides:

getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

String A description message

setInnerIndexOutOfRangeException

public void setInnerIndexOutOfRangeException(IndexOutOfRangeException e)

This method should be useful to XxxOutOfRangeException subclasses. Sets the IndexOutOfRangeException which caused the current XxxOutOfRangeException to be raised.

Parameters:

e - The source of the exception

getInnerIndexOutOfRangeException

public IndexOutOfRangeException getInnerIndexOutOfRangeException()

This method should be useful to XxxOutOfRangeException subclasses. Gets the IndexOutOfRangeException which caused the current XxxOutOfRangeException to be raised.

Returns:

IndexOutOfRangeException The source of the exception

getHelper

public ValidationExceptionHelper getHelper()

Returns a ValidationExceptionHelper instance for abstracting from all the reflection related issues necessary for retreiving the actual value of those attributes over which the validation process failed.

Returns:

ValidationExceptionHelper The helper instance