edu.unh.sdb.common
Class SDBError

java.lang.Object
  edu.unh.sdb.common.SDBError

Direct Known Subclasses:

BoundsError, DimensionalityError, FileError, IllegalArgumentError, InternalFaultError, MetaDataBaseError, XMLReaderError

public class SDBError
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

static int	AlwaysThrow
protected SDBException	exceptionObject
static int	Fatal
static int	NeverThrow
static int	Recoverable
protected int	throwerIndex
static int	ThrowFatalOnly
static int	Warning

Constructor Summary

protected	SDBError(int errorLevel, SDBException sdbex) Constructor sets the error level for a particular error instance.
	SDBError(int errorLevel, java.lang.String message) Constructor sets the error level for a particular error instance.

Method Summary

static int	getErrorReportingLevel()
protected void	logError(SDBException sdbex) Log the error message.
static void	setErrorReportingLevel(int level) The Error Reporting Level determines when to raise an exception for an error.
protected boolean	shouldThrowException() Returns true if this instance of SDBError should throw an exception.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AlwaysThrow

public static final int AlwaysThrow

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ThrowFatalOnly

public static final int ThrowFatalOnly

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NeverThrow

public static final int NeverThrow

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Fatal

public static final int Fatal

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Recoverable

public static final int Recoverable

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Warning

public static final int Warning

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Constant Field Values

exceptionObject

protected SDBException exceptionObject

throwerIndex

protected int throwerIndex

Constructor Detail

SDBError

public SDBError(int errorLevel,
                java.lang.String message)

Constructor sets the error level for a particular error instance. and takes the message to be used in the throw

SDBError

protected SDBError(int errorLevel,
                   SDBException sdbex)

Constructor sets the error level for a particular error instance.

Method Detail

setErrorReportingLevel

public static void setErrorReportingLevel(int level)

The Error Reporting Level determines when to raise an exception for an error. Currently, the choices are AlwaysThrow, ThrowFatalOnly, or NeverThrow. If ThrowFatalOnly is used, then only fatal errors generate exceptions. The other two choices should be self explanatory.

getErrorReportingLevel

public static int getErrorReportingLevel()

shouldThrowException

protected boolean shouldThrowException()

Returns true if this instance of SDBError should throw an exception. Returns false otherwise.

logError

protected void logError(SDBException sdbex)

Log the error message. This should really be controlled by global logging status information. For now, we just write to standard error.