/*
* The original version of this class was published in an article by professor Heinz Kabutz.
* Read http://www.javaspecialists.co.za/archive/newsletter.do?issue=033&print=yes&locale=en_US
* "This material from The Java(tm) Specialists' Newsletter by Maximum Solutions (South Africa).
* Please contact Maximum Solutions for more information."
*
* Copyright (C) 2001 Dr. Heinz M. Kabutz
*/
/*
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* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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*
* The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
* the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
* All Rights Reserved.
* Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
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*
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*
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package com.lowagie.text;
/**
* The ExceptionConverter changes a checked exception into an
* unchecked exception.
*/
public class ExceptionConverter extends RuntimeException {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8657630363395849399L;
/** we keep a handle to the wrapped exception */
private Exception ex;
/** prefix for the exception */
private String prefix;
/**
* Construct a RuntimeException based on another Exception
* @param ex the exception that has to be turned into a RuntimeException
*/
public ExceptionConverter(Exception ex) {
this.ex = ex;
prefix = (ex instanceof RuntimeException) ? "" : "ExceptionConverter: ";
}
/**
* Convert an Exception into an unchecked exception. Return the exception if it is
* already an unchecked exception or return an ExceptionConverter wrapper otherwise
*
* @param ex the exception to convert
* @return an unchecked exception
* @since 2.1.6
*/
public static final RuntimeException convertException(Exception ex) {
if (ex instanceof RuntimeException) {
return (RuntimeException) ex;
}
return new ExceptionConverter(ex);
}
/**
* and allow the user of ExceptionConverter to get a handle to it.
* @return the original exception
*/
public Exception getException() {
return ex;
}
/**
* We print the message of the checked exception
* @return message of the original exception
*/
public String getMessage() {
return ex.getMessage();
}
/**
* and make sure we also produce a localized version
* @return localized version of the message
*/
public String getLocalizedMessage() {
return ex.getLocalizedMessage();
}
/**
* The toString() is changed to be prefixed with ExceptionConverter
* @return String version of the exception
*/
public String toString() {
return prefix + ex;
}
/** we have to override this as well */
public void printStackTrace() {
printStackTrace(System.err);
}
/**
* here we prefix, with s.print(), not s.println(), the stack
* trace with "ExceptionConverter:"
* @param s
*/
public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintStream s) {
synchronized (s) {
s.print(prefix);
ex.printStackTrace(s);
}
}
/**
* Again, we prefix the stack trace with "ExceptionConverter:"
* @param s
*/
public void printStackTrace(java.io.PrintWriter s) {
synchronized (s) {
s.print(prefix);
ex.printStackTrace(s);
}
}
/**
* 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
* @return a Throwable
*/
public Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
return this;
}
}