com.ibm.portal
Class ModelException

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Throwable
      extended by java.lang.Exception
          extended by com.ibm.portal.ModelException
All Implemented Interfaces:
Localized, java.io.Serializable

public abstract class ModelException
extends java.lang.Exception
implements Localized

Occurs when anything unexpected happened while using model API related functions. Root exception, should be sub-classed by specific exceptions.

Since:
5.1
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
protected ModelException()
          Empty constructor
  ModelException(java.lang.Throwable cause)
          Initializes the exception with the reason of the exception.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String getDescription(java.util.Locale aLocale)
          Returns the description of this object in the given locale.
 ListModel<java.util.Locale> getLocales()
          Returns a list model containing the locales that are supported by this object.
 java.lang.String getLocalizedMessage()
           
 java.lang.String getMessage()
           
 java.lang.String getTitle(java.util.Locale aLocale)
          Returns the title of this object in the given locale.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable
fillInStackTrace, getCause, 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

ModelException

protected ModelException()
Empty constructor


ModelException

public ModelException(java.lang.Throwable cause)
Initializes the exception with the reason of the exception.

Parameters:
cause - Root cause.
Method Detail

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription(java.util.Locale aLocale)
Description copied from interface: Localized
Returns the description of this object in the given locale.

Specified by:
getDescription in interface Localized
Parameters:
aLocale - the locale for which to retrieve the description, must not be null.
Returns:
the description of this node in the given locale. If a description is not available in the given locale, this method will return null. It is up to the invoker of the method to implement an appropriate fallback mechanism

getLocales

public ListModel<java.util.Locale> getLocales()
Description copied from interface: Localized
Returns a list model containing the locales that are supported by this object. The presence of a locale in this list does not mean that a title and description is available, but rather that either one or both are available in that locale.

Specified by:
getLocales in interface Localized
Returns:
a list of locales defined for this object, returns an empty ListModel if no locales are supported.

getTitle

public java.lang.String getTitle(java.util.Locale aLocale)
Description copied from interface: Localized
Returns the title of this object in the given locale.

Specified by:
getTitle in interface Localized
Parameters:
aLocale - the locale for which to retrieve the title, must not be null.
Returns:
the title of this node in the given locale. If a title is not available in the given locale, this method will return null. It is up to the invoker of the method to implement an appropriate fallback mechanism.

getLocalizedMessage

public java.lang.String getLocalizedMessage()
Overrides:
getLocalizedMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()
Overrides:
getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable