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Interface ErrorWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractReferenceMarshaller.ReferencedImplicitElementException, AbstractReflectionConverter.DuplicateFieldException, AbstractReflectionConverter.UnknownFieldException, ConversionException, JavaBeanConverter.DuplicateFieldException, JavaBeanConverter.DuplicatePropertyException, TreeMarshaller.CircularReferenceException

public interface ErrorWriter

To aid debugging, some components are passed an ErrorWriter when things go wrong, allowing them to add information to the error message that may be helpful to diagnose problems.

Author:
Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible

Method Summary
 void add(String name, String information)
          Add some information to the error message.
 String get(String errorKey)
          Retrieve information of the error message.
 Iterator keys()
          Retrieve an iterator over all keys of the error message.
 void set(String name, String information)
          Set some information to the error message.
 

Method Detail

add

void add(String name,
         String information)
Add some information to the error message. The information will be added even if the identifier is already in use.

Parameters:
name - something to identify the type of information (e.g. 'XPath').
information - detail of the message (e.g. '/blah/moo[3]'

set

void set(String name,
         String information)
Set some information to the error message. If the identifier is already in use, the new information will replace the old one.

Parameters:
name - something to identify the type of information (e.g. 'XPath').
information - detail of the message (e.g. '/blah/moo[3]'
Since:
1.4

get

String get(String errorKey)
Retrieve information of the error message.

Parameters:
errorKey - the key of the message
Returns:
the value
Since:
1.3

keys

Iterator keys()
Retrieve an iterator over all keys of the error message.

Returns:
an Iterator
Since:
1.3


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