SWTException.java

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package org.eclipse.swt;

import org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library;

/**
 * This runtime exception is thrown whenever a recoverable error occurs
 * internally in SWT. The message text and error code provide a further
 * description of the problem. The exception has a <code>throwable</code> field
 * which holds the underlying exception that caused the problem (if this
 * information is available (i.e. it may be null)).
 * <p>
 * SWTExceptions are thrown when something fails internally, but SWT is left in
 * a known stable state (eg. a widget call was made from a non-u/i thread, or
 * there is failure while reading an Image because the source file was corrupt).
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see SWTError
 * @see <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/swt/">Sample code and further
 *      information</a>
 */

public class SWTException extends RuntimeException {
	/**
	 * The SWT error code, one of SWT.ERROR_*.
	 */
	public int code;

	/**
	 * The underlying throwable that caused the problem, or null if this
	 * information is not available.
	 */
	public Throwable throwable;

	static final long serialVersionUID = 3257282552304842547L;

	/**
	 * Constructs a new instance of this class with its stack trace filled in.
	 * The error code is set to an unspecified value.
	 */
	public SWTException() {
		this(SWT.ERROR_UNSPECIFIED);
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a new instance of this class with its stack trace and message
	 * filled in. The error code is set to an unspecified value. Specifying
	 * <code>null</code> as the message is equivalent to specifying an empty
	 * string.
	 * 
	 * @param message
	 *            the detail message for the exception
	 */
	public SWTException(String message) {
		this(SWT.ERROR_UNSPECIFIED, message);
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a new instance of this class with its stack trace and error
	 * code filled in.
	 * 
	 * @param code
	 *            the SWT error code
	 */
	public SWTException(int code) {
		this(code, SWT.findErrorText(code));
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a new instance of this class with its stack trace, error code
	 * and message filled in. Specifying <code>null</code> as the message is
	 * equivalent to specifying an empty string.
	 * 
	 * @param code
	 *            the SWT error code
	 * @param message
	 *            the detail message for the exception
	 */
	public SWTException(int code, String message) {
		super(message);
		this.code = code;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the underlying throwable that caused the problem, or null if this
	 * information is not available.
	 * <p>
	 * NOTE: This method overrides Throwable.getCause() that was added to
	 * JDK1.4. It is necessary to override this method in order for inherited
	 * printStackTrace() methods to work.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return the underlying throwable
	 * 
	 * @since 3.1
	 */
	public Throwable getCause() {
		return throwable;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the string describing this SWTException object.
	 * <p>
	 * It is combined with the message string of the Throwable which caused this
	 * SWTException (if this information is available).
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return the error message string of this SWTException object
	 */
	public String getMessage() {
		if (throwable == null)
			return super.getMessage();
		return super.getMessage() + " (" + throwable.toString() + ")"; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
	}

	/**
	 * Outputs a printable representation of this exception's stack trace on the
	 * standard error stream.
	 * <p>
	 * Note: printStackTrace(PrintStream) and printStackTrace(PrintWriter) are
	 * not provided in order to maintain compatibility with CLDC.
	 * </p>
	 */
	public void printStackTrace() {
		super.printStackTrace();
		if (Library.JAVA_VERSION < Library.JAVA_VERSION(1, 4, 0)
				&& throwable != null) {
			System.err.println("*** Stack trace of contained exception ***"); //$NON-NLS-1$
			throwable.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

}