com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters
Class ConversionException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.BaseException
                  com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException

All Implemented Interfaces:

ErrorWriter, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractReferenceMarshaller.ReferencedImplicitElementException, AbstractReflectionConverter.DuplicateFieldException, JavaBeanConverter.DuplicateFieldException

public class ConversionException
extends BaseException
implements ErrorWriter

Thrown by Converter implementations when they cannot convert an object to/from textual data. When this exception is thrown it can be passed around to things that accept an ErrorWriter, allowing them to add diagnostics to the stack trace.

Author:

Joe Walnes

See Also:

ErrorWriter, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected Throwable

cause Plays nice with JDK1.3 and JDK1.4

Constructor Summary

ConversionException(String msg)

ConversionException(String msg, Throwable cause)

ConversionException(Throwable cause)

Method Summary

void	add(String name, String information) Add some information to the error message.
String	get(String errorKey)
Throwable	getCause()
String	getMessage()
String	getShortMessage()
Iterator	keys()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, 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

cause

protected Throwable cause

Plays nice with JDK1.3 and JDK1.4

Constructor Detail

ConversionException

public ConversionException(String msg,
                           Throwable cause)

ConversionException

public ConversionException(String msg)

ConversionException

public ConversionException(Throwable cause)

Method Detail

get

public String get(String errorKey)

add

public void add(String name,
                String information)

Description copied from interface: ErrorWriter

Add some information to the error message.

Specified by:

add in interface ErrorWriter

Parameters:

name - Something to identify the type of information (e.g. 'XPath').

information - Detail of the message (e.g. '/blah/moo[3]'

keys

public Iterator keys()

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Overrides:

getMessage in class Throwable

getCause

public Throwable getCause()

Overrides:

getCause in class BaseException

getShortMessage

public String getShortMessage()