ParsingPoemException.java

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package org.melati.poem;

 /**
  * Thrown when there is a problem with the format of the <code>String</code> 
  * representation of a non-<code>String</code> datatype instance.
  *
  * @author WilliamC AT paneris.org
  */
public class ParsingPoemException extends NormalPoemException {

  /** The PoemType of Field value. */
  public PoemType<?> type;
  /** The String that we failed to force into type. */
  public String string;

  /** Constructor. */
  public ParsingPoemException(PoemType<?> type, String string,
                              Exception exception) {
    super(exception);
    this.type = type;
    this.string = string;
  }

  /** Constructor. */
  public ParsingPoemException(PoemType<?> type, String string) {
    this(type, string, null);
  }

  /**
   * @return The detail message
   * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage()
   */
  public String getMessage() {
    return "The value `" + string + "' is not legal for the type " + type +
           (subException == null ? "" : "\n" + subException);
  }
}