/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * ATException.java created on 20 sep 2007 at 13:30:00
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
 * 
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package edu.vub.at.objects;

import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATText;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NativeATObject;

/**
 * The public interface to an AmbientTalk exception object.
 * Although potentially every object can be raised, normally a raised
 * object understands the messages defined in this interface.
 * 
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public interface ATException extends ATObject {

	/** Returns a string-based text message describing the exception */
	public NATText base_message() throws InterpreterException;
	
	/** Returns the stack trace in a string-based representation */
	public NATText base_stackTrace() throws InterpreterException;
	
	/**
	 * Assigns a new stack trace to this exception. The stack trace is represented
	 * as a simple string
	 */
	public NativeATObject base_stackTrace__opeql_(NATText newTrace) throws InterpreterException;
	
}