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package org.hsqldb.lib;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Allows additional messages to be appended.
 *
 * It often makes for better (and more efficient) design to add context
 * details to an exception at intermediate points in the thread.
 * This class makes it easy and efficient to catch and rethrow for that purpose.
 */
public class AppendableException extends Exception {

    static final long    serialVersionUID = -1002629580611098803L;
    public static String LS = System.getProperty("line.separator");
    public List          appendages       = null;

    public String getMessage() {

        String message = super.getMessage();

        if (appendages == null) {
            return message;
        }

        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

        if (message != null) {
            sb.append(message);
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < appendages.size(); i++) {
            if (sb.length() > 0) {
                sb.append(LS);
            }

            sb.append(appendages.get(i));
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }

    public void appendMessage(String s) {

        if (appendages == null) {
            appendages = new ArrayList();
        }

        appendages.add(s);
    }

    public AppendableException() {}

    public AppendableException(String s) {
        super(s);
    }

    public AppendableException(Throwable cause) {
        super(cause);
    }

    public AppendableException(String string, Throwable cause) {
         super(string, cause);
    }
}