org.apache.bcel.verifier.exc
Class VerifierConstraintViolatedException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--java.lang.RuntimeException
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                    +--org.apache.bcel.verifier.exc.VerifierConstraintViolatedException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LoadingException, VerificationException

public abstract class VerifierConstraintViolatedException

extends java.lang.RuntimeException

Instances of this class are thrown by BCEL's class file verifier "JustIce" whenever verification proves that some constraint of a class file (as stated in the Java Virtual Machine Specification, Edition 2) is violated. This is roughly equivalent to the VerifyError the JVM-internal verifiers throw.

Version:

$Id: VerifierConstraintViolatedException.java,v 1.1.1.1 2001/10/29 20:00:34 jvanzyl Exp $

Author:

Enver Haase

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

void	extendMessage(java.lang.String pre, java.lang.String post) Extends the error message with a string before ("pre") and after ("post") the 'old' error message.
java.lang.String	getMessage() Returns the error message string of this VerifierConstraintViolatedException object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

extendMessage

public void extendMessage(java.lang.String pre,
                          java.lang.String post)

Extends the error message with a string before ("pre") and after ("post") the 'old' error message. All of these three strings are allowed to be null, and null is always replaced by the empty string (""). In particular, after invoking this method, the error message of this object can no longer be null.

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Returns the error message string of this VerifierConstraintViolatedException object.

Overrides:

getMessage in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

the error message string of this VerifierConstraintViolatedException.