oracle.dss.util
Class BIBaseException

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Throwable
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        +--java.lang.Exception
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              +--oracle.dss.util.BIBaseException

All Implemented Interfaces:

BIException, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BIPersistenceException, BIRemoteException, BISecurityException, BIXMLException, CalcBuilderException, DataException, DataUtilException, EventException, InvalidStepArgException, ManagerFactoryException, QueryException, RuleException, SelectionException, ThinException

public abstract class BIBaseException

extends java.lang.Exception

implements BIException

Indicates a problem somewhere in a BI Beans operation. Subclasses of this class provide specific information about the type of problem that occurred.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

BIBaseException(java.lang.String s, java.lang.Throwable prevException)
Constructor for an exception that displays a customized message and that passes on an underlying exception.

Method Summary

java.lang.Throwable	elementAt(int index) Retrieves the exception at the specified index.
java.util.Enumeration	elements() Retrieves An enumeration of exceptions in the exception chain.
BIException	findException(int nErrorCode) Determines whether the specified error code appears in the BIException exception stack.
java.lang.Throwable	getBIRootCause() Retrieves the root exception.
java.lang.Throwable	getPreviousException() Retrieves the underlying exception, if one exists.
int	size() Retrieves the size of the exception chain.
java.lang.String	toString() Retrieves the exception stack.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BIBaseException

public BIBaseException(java.lang.String s,
                       java.lang.Throwable prevException)

Constructor for an exception that displays a customized message and that passes on an underlying exception.

Parameters:

s - The customized message.

prevException - The exception that underlies this exception.

Method Detail

getPreviousException

public java.lang.Throwable getPreviousException()

Retrieves the underlying exception, if one exists.

Specified by:

getPreviousException in interface BIException

Returns:

The previous exception. If there is no previous exception, then this method returns null.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Retrieves the exception stack.

Specified by:

toString in interface BIException

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Throwable

Returns:

A concatenation of all messages from exceptions in the exception stack.

getBIRootCause

public java.lang.Throwable getBIRootCause()

Retrieves the root exception.

Specified by:

getBIRootCause in interface BIException

Returns:

the root exception.

elementAt

public java.lang.Throwable elementAt(int index)

Retrieves the exception at the specified index.

Specified by:

elementAt in interface BIException

Returns:

The exception at the specified index.

elements

public java.util.Enumeration elements()

Retrieves An enumeration of exceptions in the exception chain.

Specified by:

elements in interface BIException

Returns:

An enumeration containing the exceptions.

size

public int size()

Retrieves the size of the exception chain.

Specified by:

size in interface BIException

Returns:

The size of the exception chain.

findException

public BIException findException(int nErrorCode)

Determines whether the specified error code appears in the BIException exception stack. For example, if we were looking for a 'BIB-15000 MetadataManager property not set.' exception, we would pass in an error code value of '15000': BIException biException = findException (15000);

Parameters:

nErrorCode - A int which represents the error code to find in the BIException stack.

Returns:

The BIException that is associated with the specified error code, or null.