/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * ATException.java created on Jul 13, 2006 at 8:24:20 PM
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.exceptions;

import edu.vub.at.eval.InvocationStack;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATStripe;
import edu.vub.at.objects.natives.NATException;

import java.io.PrintStream;

/**
 * ATException is the superclass of all exceptions thrown by the AmbientTalk interpreter. 
 * 
 * TODO tvcutsem Should NATException not implement the interface ATException, such
 * that all of our code can be typed by 'throws ATException' clauses instead of
 * 'throws NATException' clauses. The latter will cause problems with reflection.
 * 
 * TODO tvcutsem Shouldn't we parameterize NATExceptions with an ATContext and possibly
 * also an ATAbstractGrammar for evaluation errors. This allows the user to inspect
 * both which expression was evaluated at exception-raising-time and allows him to inspect
 * the context at exception-raising-time.
 * 
 * @author smostinc
 */
public abstract class InterpreterException extends Exception {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 511962997881825680L;

	private final InvocationStack runtimeStack_;
	
	public InterpreterException() {
		super();
		runtimeStack_ = InvocationStack.captureInvocationStack();
	}

	public InterpreterException(String message, Throwable cause) {
		super(message, cause);
		runtimeStack_ = InvocationStack.captureInvocationStack();
	}

	public InterpreterException(String message) {
		super(message);
		runtimeStack_ = InvocationStack.captureInvocationStack();
	}

	public InterpreterException(Throwable cause) {
		super(cause);
		runtimeStack_ = InvocationStack.captureInvocationStack();
	}
	
	public void printAmbientTalkStackTrace(PrintStream out) {
		runtimeStack_.printStackTrace(out);
	}
	
	public ATObject getAmbientTalkRepresentation() {
		return new NATException(this);
	}
	
	public abstract ATStripe getStripeType();
	
}