com.lowagie.text
Class ExceptionConverter

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              com.lowagie.text.ExceptionConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ExceptionConverter
extends java.lang.RuntimeException

The ExceptionConverter changes a checked exception into an unchecked exception.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private java.lang.Exception	ex we keep a handle to the wrapped exception
private java.lang.String	prefix prefix for the exception

Constructor Summary

ExceptionConverter(java.lang.Exception ex)
Construct a RuntimeException based on another Exception

Method Summary

java.lang.Throwable	fillInStackTrace() requests to fill in the stack trace we will have to ignore.
java.lang.Exception	getException() and allow the user of ExceptionConverter to get a handle to it.
java.lang.String	getLocalizedMessage() and make sure we also produce a localized version
java.lang.String	getMessage() We print the message of the checked exception
void	printStackTrace() we have to override this as well
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s) here we prefix, with s.print(), not s.println(), the stack trace with "ExceptionConverter:"
void	printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter s) Again, we prefix the stack trace with "ExceptionConverter:"
java.lang.String	toString() The toString() is changed to be prefixed with ExceptionConverter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

getCause, getStackTrace, initCause, setStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ex

private java.lang.Exception ex

we keep a handle to the wrapped exception

prefix

private java.lang.String prefix

prefix for the exception

Constructor Detail

ExceptionConverter

public ExceptionConverter(java.lang.Exception ex)

Construct a RuntimeException based on another Exception

Parameters:

ex - the exception that has to be turned into a RuntimeException

Method Detail

getException

public java.lang.Exception getException()

and allow the user of ExceptionConverter to get a handle to it.

Returns:

the original exception

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

We print the message of the checked exception

Overrides:

getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

message of the original exception

getLocalizedMessage

public java.lang.String getLocalizedMessage()

and make sure we also produce a localized version

Overrides:

getLocalizedMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

localized version of the message

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

The toString() is changed to be prefixed with ExceptionConverter

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

Stringversion of the exception

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

we have to override this as well

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s)

here we prefix, with s.print(), not s.println(), the stack trace with "ExceptionConverter:"

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

s -

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter s)

Again, we prefix the stack trace with "ExceptionConverter:"

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Parameters:

s -

fillInStackTrace

public java.lang.Throwable fillInStackTrace()

requests to fill in the stack trace we will have to ignore. We can't throw an exception here, because this method is called by the constructor of Throwable

Overrides:

fillInStackTrace in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

a Throwable