/interpreter/tags/at_build150307/src/edu/vub/at/exceptions/XReflectionFailure.java

 1/**
 2 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 3 * XReflectionFailure.java created on Jul 13, 2006 at 8:32:03 PM
 4 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 5 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
 6 * 
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27 */
28package edu.vub.at.exceptions;
29
30import edu.vub.at.objects.ATStripe;
31import edu.vub.at.objects.coercion.NativeStripes;
32
33/**
34 * An instance of the class XReflectionFailure is thrown when something goes wrong
35 * when dealing with mirror or mirage operations. By extension this also covers 
36 * failures when symbiotically accessing Java objects.
37 * 
38 * @author smostinc
39 */
40public class XReflectionFailure extends InterpreterException {
41
42	private static final long serialVersionUID = 4082945147643295718L;
43
44	public XReflectionFailure() {
45		super();
46	}
47
48	public XReflectionFailure(String message, Throwable cause) {
49		super(message, cause);
50	}
51
52	public XReflectionFailure(String message) {
53		super(message);
54	}
55
56	public XReflectionFailure(Throwable cause) {
57		super(cause);
58	}
59	
60	public String getMessage() {
61		if (getCause() != null) {
62			return super.getMessage() + ": " + getCause().getMessage();
63		} else {
64		    return super.getMessage();
65		}
66	}
67	
68	public ATStripe getStripeType() {
69		return NativeStripes._REFLECTIONFAILURE_;
70	}
71
72}