com.yahoo.java
Class ExtendedError

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Error
          com.yahoo.java.ExtendedError

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ExtendedError
extends Error

Extension of the java.lang.Error class to provide the Java 1.4 embedded cause functionality on platforms that don't already provide it.

Author:

Ryan Kennedy

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ExtendedError(String message, Throwable cause)
Constructs an error with an underlying cause and a message

ExtendedError(Throwable cause)
Constructs an error with an underlying cause.

Method Summary

void	printStackTrace() Implements printStackTrace so that it prints the stack trace for both this error and the underyling cause, if there is one.
void	printStackTrace(PrintStream s) Implements printStackTrace so that it prints the stack trace for both this error and the underyling cause, if there is one.
void	printStackTrace(PrintWriter s) Implements printStackTrace so that it prints the stack trace for both this error and the underyling cause, if there is one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExtendedError

public ExtendedError(Throwable cause)

Constructs an error with an underlying cause.

Parameters:

cause - The underlying cause of the error.

ExtendedError

public ExtendedError(String message,
                     Throwable cause)

Constructs an error with an underlying cause and a message

Parameters:

message - The message of the error.

cause - The underlying cause of the error.

Method Detail

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace()

Implements printStackTrace so that it prints the stack trace for both this error and the underyling cause, if there is one.

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class Throwable

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(PrintStream s)

Implements printStackTrace so that it prints the stack trace for both this error and the underyling cause, if there is one.

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class Throwable

Parameters:

s - The print stream to print the stack trace to.

printStackTrace

public void printStackTrace(PrintWriter s)

Implements printStackTrace so that it prints the stack trace for both this error and the underyling cause, if there is one.

Overrides:

printStackTrace in class Throwable

Parameters:

s - The print writer to write the stack trace to.