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Class XPathException

Known Direct Subclasses:
XPathTypeException

public class XPathException
extends RuntimeException

Indicates problems with XPath syntax or evaluation.
Version:
1.1b3
Author:
Elliotte Rusty Harold

Constructor Summary

XPathException(String message)
Creates a new XPathException with a detail message.
XPathException(String message, Throwable cause)
Creates a new IllegalNameException with a detail message and an underlying root cause.

Method Summary

Throwable
getCause()
Return the original cause that led to this exception, or null if there was no original exception.
String
getXPath()
Returns the specific XPath expression being evaluated when this excepiton was thrown.
Throwable
initCause(Throwable cause)
Sets the root cause of this exception.

Constructor Details

XPathException

public XPathException(String message)
Creates a new XPathException with a detail message.
Parameters:
message - a string indicating the specific problem

XPathException

public XPathException(String message,
                      Throwable cause)
Creates a new IllegalNameException with a detail message and an underlying root cause.
Parameters:
message - a string indicating the specific problem
cause - the original cause of this exception

Method Details

getCause

public Throwable getCause()
Return the original cause that led to this exception, or null if there was no original exception.
Returns:
the root cause of this exception

getXPath

public String getXPath()
Returns the specific XPath expression being evaluated when this excepiton was thrown.
Returns:
the XPath expression that caused the exception

initCause

public Throwable initCause(Throwable cause)
Sets the root cause of this exception. This may only be called once. Subsequent calls throw an IllegalStateException.

This method is unnecessary in Java 1.4 where it could easily be inherited from the superclass. However, including it here allows this method to be used in Java 1.3 and earlier.

Parameters:
cause - the root cause of this exception
Returns:
this XMLException

Copyright 2002-2005 Elliotte Rusty Harold
elharo@metalab.unc.edu