Class SAXException

org.xml.sax.SAXException

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:: SAXNotRecognizedException, SAXNotSupportedException, SAXParseException

public class SAXException extends Exception

Encapsulate a general SAX error or warning.

This class can contain basic error or warning information from either the XML parser or the application: a parser writer or application writer can subclass it to provide additional functionality. SAX handlers may throw this exception or any exception subclassed from it.

If the application needs to pass through other types of exceptions, it must wrap those exceptions in a SAXException or an exception derived from a SAXException.

If the parser or application needs to include information about a specific location in an XML document, it should use the SAXParseException subclass.

Since:

1.4, SAX 1.0

See Also:

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
`SAXException()`	Create a new SAXException.
`SAXException(Exception e)`	Create a new SAXException wrapping an existing exception.
`SAXException(String message)`	Create a new SAXException.
`SAXException(String message, Exception e)`	Create a new SAXException from an existing exception.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Throwable`	`getCause()`	Return the cause of the exception
`Exception`	`getException()`	Return the embedded exception, if any.
`String`	`getMessage()`	Return a detail message for this exception.
`String`	`toString()`	Override toString to pick up any embedded exception.

Methods declared in class Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace

Methods declared in class Object

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

Constructor Details

SAXException

public SAXException()

Create a new SAXException.

SAXException

public SAXException(String message)

Create a new SAXException.

Parameters:: message - The error or warning message.

SAXException

public SAXException(Exception e)

Create a new SAXException wrapping an existing exception.

The existing exception will be embedded in the new one, and its message will become the default message for the SAXException.

Parameters:: e - The exception to be wrapped in a SAXException.

SAXException

public SAXException(String message, Exception e)

Create a new SAXException from an existing exception.

The existing exception will be embedded in the new one, but the new exception will have its own message.

Parameters:: message - The detail message.; e - The exception to be wrapped in a SAXException.

Method Details

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Return a detail message for this exception.

If there is an embedded exception, and if the SAXException has no detail message of its own, this method will return the detail message from the embedded exception.

Overrides:: getMessage in class Throwable
Returns:: The error or warning message.

getException

public Exception getException()

Return the embedded exception, if any.

Returns:: The embedded exception, or null if there is none.

getCause

public Throwable getCause()

Return the cause of the exception

Overrides:: getCause in class Throwable
Returns:: Return the cause of the exception

toString

public String toString()

Override toString to pick up any embedded exception.

Overrides:: toString in class Throwable
Returns:: A string representation of this exception.

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