edu.umd.cfar.lamp.viper.util
Class BadDataException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          edu.umd.cfar.lamp.viper.util.BadDataException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ImproperDescriptorException

public class BadDataException

extends java.lang.Exception

This is thrown when the information entered from a file into an attribute's value field does not conform. For example, setting a bbox to "false". If you are passing a parse error, please set the character offset for the ErrorWriter, as it helps it find the error on multiline files.

See Also:

CountingStringTokenizer, VReader, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BadDataException()
Constructs a new BadDataException with no message.

BadDataException(java.lang.String s)
Constructs a new BadDataException with the given message.

BadDataException(java.lang.String s, int startCharacter, int endCharacter)
Constructs a new BadDataException with the given message and indicates where in the line is the erroneous text.

Method Summary

int	getEnd() Gets the last character offset.
int	getStart() Gets the first character offset.
boolean	isChar() Determines if the error message contains data about where the error occurred.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, 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

BadDataException

public BadDataException()

Constructs a new BadDataException with no message.

BadDataException

public BadDataException(java.lang.String s)

Constructs a new BadDataException with the given message.

Parameters:

s - The detail message.

BadDataException

public BadDataException(java.lang.String s,
                        int startCharacter,
                        int endCharacter)

Constructs a new BadDataException with the given message and indicates where in the line is the erroneous text.

Parameters:

s - The detail message.

startCharacter - The offset of the first character. If set up properly, the theory is that emacs could put your cursor here.

endCharacter - The last character. In theory, a good ErrorWriter could then underline the error, like jikes does.

Method Detail

isChar

public boolean isChar()

Determines if the error message contains data about where the error occurred.

Returns:

true if there is offset info.

getStart

public int getStart()

Gets the first character offset.

Returns:

The offset of the first character.

getEnd

public int getEnd()

Gets the last character offset.

Returns:

The offset of the last character.