TeneoException.java

/**
 * <copyright> Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Springsite BV (The Netherlands) and others All rights
 * reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the
 * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html Contributors: Martin Taal - Initial API and
 * implementation </copyright> $Id: TeneoException.java,v 1.2 2008/02/28 07:08:33 mtaal Exp $
 */

package org.eclipse.emf.teneo;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * Is used to throw runtime store exceptions. This class offers automatic logging to commons
 * logging. Note that this class extends RuntimeException, so no forced throws and catch statements.
 * Although there are very differing views on this topic but it is our experience that to many
 * checked exceptions only distract the programmer and have no added value.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:mtaal@elver.org">Martin Taal</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */

public class TeneoException extends RuntimeException {
	/**
	 * Serializable id
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 7433341056815136417L;

	/**
	 * The constructor, logs the exception also
	 */
	public TeneoException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
		super(msg, cause);

		// and log it
		getLogger().error(msg, cause);
	}

	/**
	 * The constructor, logs the exception also
	 */
	public TeneoException(String msg) {
		super(msg);

		// and log it
		getLogger().error(msg, this);
	}

	/** Get the class specific logger */
	private Log getLogger() {
		return LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());
	}
}