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*
* ------------------------------
* StackableRuntimeException.java
* ------------------------------
* (C)opyright 2002-2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
*
* Original Author: Thomas Morgner;
* Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
*
* $Id: StackableRuntimeException.java,v 1.3 2005/11/14 10:57:07 mungady Exp $
*
* Changes
* -------
* 06-Dec-2002 : Initial version
* 10-Dec-2002 : Fixed issues reported by Checkstyle (DG);
* 29-Apr-2003 : Distilled from the JFreeReport project and moved into JCommon
*
*/
package org.jfree.util;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
/**
* A baseclass for RuntimeExceptions, which could have parent exceptions. These parent exceptions
* are raised in a subclass and are now wrapped into a subclass of this Exception.
* <p>
* The parents are printed when this exception is printed. This class exists mainly for
* debugging reasons, as with them it is easier to detect the root cause of an error.
*
* @author Thomas Morgner
*/
public class StackableRuntimeException extends RuntimeException {
/** The parent exception. */
private Exception parent;
/**
* Creates a StackableRuntimeException with no message and no parent.
*/
public StackableRuntimeException() {
super();
}
/**
* Creates an exception.
*
* @param message the exception message.
* @param ex the parent exception.
*/
public StackableRuntimeException(final String message, final Exception ex) {
super(message);
this.parent = ex;
}
/**
* Creates an exception.
*
* @param message the exception message.
*/
public StackableRuntimeException(final String message) {
super(message);
}
/**
* Returns the parent exception (possibly null).
*
* @return the parent exception.
*/
public Exception getParent() {
return this.parent;
}
/**
* Prints the stack trace to the specified stream.
*
* @param stream the output stream.
*/
public void printStackTrace(final PrintStream stream) {
super.printStackTrace(stream);
if (getParent() != null) {
stream.println("ParentException: ");
getParent().printStackTrace(stream);
}
}
/**
* Prints the stack trace to the specified writer.
*
* @param writer the writer.
*/
public void printStackTrace(final PrintWriter writer) {
super.printStackTrace(writer);
if (getParent() != null) {
writer.println("ParentException: ");
getParent().printStackTrace(writer);
}
}
}