com.ibm.websphere.exception

Class DistributedException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

com.ibm.websphere.exception.DistributedException

All Implemented Interfaces:

DistributedExceptionEnabled, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommandException, ExceptionInstantiationException, WorkAreaException

public class DistributedException
extends java.lang.Exception
implements DistributedExceptionEnabled

Provides exception functions desirable in a distributed environment. This includes the following:

• Support to allow exceptions to be chained, in the situation where multiple exceptions are thrown during a series of method calls.
• Saving stack trace information so that printStackTrace() will provide the stack trace of all chained exceptions.
• Methods to retrieve specific exceptions in the chain.
• Support for localized messages.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DistributedException() Default constructor.
DistributedException(java.lang.String message) Constructor with a message.
DistributedException(java.lang.String resourceBundleName, java.lang.String resourceKey, java.lang.Object[] formatArguments, java.lang.String defaultText) Constructor with localization message information.
DistributedException(java.lang.String resourceBundleName, java.lang.String resourceKey, java.lang.Object[] formatArguments, java.lang.String defaultText, java.lang.Throwable exception) Constructor with localization message information and an exception to be chained.
DistributedException(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable exception) Constructor with a message and an exception to be chained.
DistributedException(java.lang.Throwable exception) Constructor with an exception to be chained.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Throwable	getException(java.lang.String exceptionClassName) Get a specific exception in a possible chain of exceptions.
DistributedExceptionInfo	getExceptionInfo() Retrieve the DistributedExceptionInfo object.
java.lang.String	getMessage() Retrieve the text message for this exception.
java.lang.Throwable	getOriginalException() Get the original exception in a possible chain of exceptions.
java.lang.Throwable	getPreviousException() Get the previous exception.
void	printStackTrace() Print the exception execution stack.
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream ps) Print the exception execution stack.
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter pw) Print the exception execution stack to a print writer.
void	printSuperStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream ps) This method is used to get the stack trace of the current exception.
void	printSuperStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter pw) This method is used to get the stack trace of the current exception.
void	setDefaultMessage(java.lang.String defaultText) Set the default message for this message.
void	setLocalizationInfo(java.lang.String resourceBundleName, java.lang.String resourceKey, java.lang.Object[] formatArguments) Set the values to be used for finding the correct translated version of the message and formatting it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DistributedException

public DistributedException()

Default constructor.

DistributedException

public DistributedException(java.lang.String message)

Constructor with a message.

Parameters:

message - java.lang.String Message text

DistributedException

public DistributedException(java.lang.String resourceBundleName,
                    java.lang.String resourceKey,
                    java.lang.Object[] formatArguments,
                    java.lang.String defaultText)

Constructor with localization message information.

Parameters:

resourceBundleName - java.lang.String The name of resource bundle that will be used to retrieve the message for getMessage().

resourceKey - java.lang.String The key in the resource bundle that will be used to select the specific message that is retrieved for getMessage().

formatArguments - java.lang.Object[] The arguments to be passed to the MessageFormat class to act as replacement variables in the message that is retrieved from the resource bundle. Valid types are those supported by MessageFormat.

defaultText - java.lang.String The default message that will be used in getMessage() if the resource bundle or the key cannot be found.

See Also:

getMessage(), MessageFormat

DistributedException

public DistributedException(java.lang.String resourceBundleName,
                    java.lang.String resourceKey,
                    java.lang.Object[] formatArguments,
                    java.lang.String defaultText,
                    java.lang.Throwable exception)

Constructor with localization message information and an exception to be chained.

Parameters:

resourceBundleName - java.lang.String The name of resource bundle that will be used to retrieve the message for getMessage().

resourceKey - java.lang.String The key in the resource bundle that will be used to select the specific message that is retrieved for getMessage().

formatArguments - java.lang.Object[] The arguments to be passed to the MessageFormat class to act as replacement variables in the message that is retrieved from the resource bundle. Valid types are those supported by MessageFormat.

defaultText - java.lang.String The default message that will be used in getMessage() if the resource bundle or the key cannot be found.

exception - java.lang.Throwable The exception that is to be chained.

See Also:

getMessage(), MessageFormat

DistributedException

public DistributedException(java.lang.String message,
                    java.lang.Throwable exception)

Constructor with a message and an exception to be chained.

Parameters:

message - The message for this exception

exception - java.lang.Throwable The exception to be chained

DistributedException

public DistributedException(java.lang.Throwable exception)

Constructor with an exception to be chained.

Parameters:

exception - java.lang.Throwable The exception to be chained

Method Detail

getException

public java.lang.Throwable getException(java.lang.String exceptionClassName)
                                 throws ExceptionInstantiationException

Get a specific exception in a possible chain of exceptions. If there are multiple exceptions in the chain, the most recent one thrown will be returned. If the exceptions does not exist or no exceptions have been chained, null will be returned.

Specified by:

getException in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Parameters:

String - exceptionClassName the class name of the specific exception.

Returns:

java.lang.Throwable The specific exception in a chain of exceptions. If no exceptions have been chained, null will be returned.

Throws:

ExceptionInstantiationException - An exception occurred while trying to instantiate the exception object. If this exception is thrown, the relevant information can be retrieved by using the getExceptionInfo() method followed by recursively using the getPreviousExceptionInfo() method on the DistributedExceptionInfo object.

getExceptionInfo

public DistributedExceptionInfo getExceptionInfo()

Retrieve the DistributedExceptionInfo object. This object is primarily used by a CORBA, non-Java client. It also may be used by a Java client to retrieve information about a previous exception when the getPreveiousException() method throws an exception.

Specified by:

getExceptionInfo in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Returns:

com.ibm.websphere.exception.DistributedExceptionInfo

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Retrieve the text message for this exception. If a resource bundle and resource key have been previously specified when the exception was created, an attempt will be made to retrieve the message from the resource bundle for the language associated with the current locale. The default message (which may be null) will be returned in any of the following situations:

• No resource bundle name exists
• No resource key exists
• The resource bundle could not be found
• The key was not found in the resource bundle

Specified by:

getMessage in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Overrides:

getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

java.lang.String message for this exception

getOriginalException

public java.lang.Throwable getOriginalException()
                                         throws ExceptionInstantiationException

Get the original exception in a possible chain of exceptions. If no previous exceptions have been chained, null will be returned.

Specified by:

getOriginalException in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Returns:

java.lang.Throwable The first exception in a chain of exceptions. If no exceptions have been chained, null will be returned.

Throws:

ExceptionInstantiationException - An exception occurred while trying to instantiate the exception object. If this exception is thrown, the relevant information can be retrieved by using the getExceptionInfo() method followed by recursively using the getPreviousExceptionInfo() method on the DistributedExceptionInfo object.

getPreviousException

public java.lang.Throwable getPreviousException()
                                         throws ExceptionInstantiationException

Get the previous exception.

Specified by:

getPreviousException in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Returns:

java.lang.Throwable The previous exception. If there was no previous exception, null will be returned. .

Throws:

ExceptionInstantiationException - An exception occurred while trying to instantiate the exception object. If this exception is thrown, the relevant information can be retrieved by using the getExceptionInfo() method.

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

Print the exception execution stack. This will include the stack trace of where the exception was created, as well as the stack traces of previous exceptions in the exception chain.

Specified by:

printStackTrace in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter pw)

Print the exception execution stack to a print writer. This will include the stack trace of where the exception was created, as well as the stack traces of previous exceptions in the exception chain.

Specified by:

printStackTrace in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

pw - java.io.PrintWriter

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream ps)

Print the exception execution stack. This will include the stack trace of where the exception was created, as well as the stack traces of previous exceptions in the exception chain.

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

pw - java.io.PrintStream

printSuperStackTrace

public void printSuperStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter pw)

This method is used to get the stack trace of the current exception. This method is called by DistributedExceptionInfo to retrieve and save the current stack trace. The information is saved and can be retrieved by printStackTrace();

Specified by:

printSuperStackTrace in interface DistributedExceptionEnabled

Parameters:

param - java.io.PrintWriter

printSuperStackTrace

public void printSuperStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream ps)

This method is used to get the stack trace of the current exception. This method is called by DistributedExceptionInfo to retrieve and save the current stack trace. The information is saved and can be retrieved by printStackTrace();

Parameters:

param - java.io.PrintStream

setDefaultMessage

public void setDefaultMessage(java.lang.String defaultText)

Set the default message for this message. This will be the message returned by getMessage() in any of the following situations:

Parameters:

defaultText - java.lang.String

setLocalizationInfo

public void setLocalizationInfo(java.lang.String resourceBundleName,
                       java.lang.String resourceKey,
                       java.lang.Object[] formatArguments)

Set the values to be used for finding the correct translated version of the message and formatting it.

Parameters:

resourceBundleName - java.lang.String - the name of the resource bundle, which is a subclass of java.util.PropertyResourceBundle.

resourceKey - java.lang.String - the key in the resource bundle that specifies the text for the exception message

arguments - java.lang.Object[] -the arguments used to format the message. Valid values are those that are allowed for java.text.MessageFormat.format().

See Also:

MessageFormat