/interpreter/tags/at2-build270707/src/edu/vub/at/exceptions/XClassNotFound.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * XClassNotFound.java created on 19-nov-2006 at 14:33:53
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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27 */
28package edu.vub.at.exceptions;
29
30import edu.vub.at.objects.ATTypeTag;
31import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeTypeTags;
32
33/**
34 * Instances of XClassNotFound are raised when the AmbientTalk interpreter's attempt to load a
35 * class failed. This occurs either when using the <tt>jlobby</tt> construct to explicitly load
36 * a class, but it may also occur during the deserialisation of a {@link Packet}, when the 
37 * contents of that Packet contained an unknown class. 
38 * 
39 * @author tvcutsem
40 */
41public final class XClassNotFound extends InterpreterException {
42
43	private static final long serialVersionUID = 131014866438710913L;
44
45	/**
46	 * Constructor reporting that no class could be loaded with a given name.
47	 * @param qualifiedClassname The fully qualified name of the class (i.e. including the package) being loaded
48	 * @param cause The underlying exception documenting why the class could not be loaded (e.g. visibility constraints)
49	 */
50	public XClassNotFound(String qualifiedClassname, Throwable cause) {
51		super("Could not find class " + qualifiedClassname, cause);
52	}
53	
54	public ATTypeTag getType() {
55		return NativeTypeTags._CLASSNOTFOUND_;
56	}
57	
58}