org.apache.commons.latka
Class ValidationException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          org.apache.commons.latka.ValidationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ValidationException
extends Exception

This exception is thrown by validators when a validation has failed

Version:

$Revision: 155424 $

Author:

Doug Sale, dIon Gillard (mainly javadoc)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ValidationException()
Create a validation exception with a null label and reason

ValidationException(String label, String reason)
Create a validation exception with the given label and reason

Method Summary

String	getLabel() User's description of the test/assertion
String	getMessage() the message of the exception
String	getReason() Why the test/assertion failed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ValidationException

public ValidationException()

Create a validation exception with a null label and reason

ValidationException

public ValidationException(String label,
                           String reason)

Create a validation exception with the given label and reason

Parameters:

label - the user's description of the assertion/test

reason - the reason it failed

Method Detail

getMessage

public String getMessage()

the message of the exception

Overrides:

getMessage in class Throwable

Returns:

the message of the exception, built from the label and reason

getLabel

public String getLabel()

User's description of the test/assertion

Returns:

User's description of the test/assertion

getReason

public String getReason()

Why the test/assertion failed

Returns:

Why the test/assertion failed