christophedelory.servlet
Class HttpServletException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          javax.servlet.ServletException
              christophedelory.servlet.HttpServletException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class HttpServletException
extends ServletException

Defines a general exception an HTTP servlet can throw when it encounters difficulty.

Version:

$Revision: 106 $

Author:

Christophe Delory

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

HttpServletException(int sc, String message)
Constructs a new HTTP servlet exception with the specified message.

HttpServletException(int sc, Throwable rootCause)
Constructs a new HTTP servlet exception when the servlet needs to throw an exception and include a message about the "root cause" exception that interfered with its normal operation.

Method Summary

int	getStatusCode() Returns the error status code.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.ServletException

getRootCause

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HttpServletException

public HttpServletException(int sc,
                            String message)

Constructs a new HTTP servlet exception with the specified message. The message can be written to the server log and/or displayed for the user.

Parameters:

sc - the error status code.

message - a string specifying the text of the exception message.

See Also:

ServletException.ServletException(String), HttpServletResponse.sendError(int), HttpServletResponse.sendError(int,String)

HttpServletException

public HttpServletException(int sc,
                            Throwable rootCause)

Constructs a new HTTP servlet exception when the servlet needs to throw an exception and include a message about the "root cause" exception that interfered with its normal operation. The exception's message is based on the localized message of the underlying exception. This method calls the Throwable.getLocalizedMessage() method to get a localized exception message.

Parameters:

sc - the error status code.

rootCause - the exception that interfered with the servlet's normal operation, making this servlet exception necessary.

See Also:

ServletException.ServletException(Throwable), HttpServletResponse.sendError(int), HttpServletResponse.sendError(int,String)

Method Detail

getStatusCode

public int getStatusCode()

Returns the error status code.

Returns:

a status code.

See Also:

HttpServletResponse.sendError(int)