org.tmapi.core
Class IdentityConstraintException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              org.tmapi.core.TMAPIRuntimeException
                  org.tmapi.core.ModelConstraintException
                      org.tmapi.core.IdentityConstraintException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class IdentityConstraintException
extends ModelConstraintException

This exception is used to report identity constraint violations. Assigning an item identifier, a subject identifier, or a subject locator to different objects causes an IdentityConstraintException to be thrown.

Version:

$Rev: 33 $ - $Date: 2008-08-02 16:42:29 +0200 (Sa, 02 Aug 2008) $

Author:

The TMAPI Project

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

IdentityConstraintException(Construct reporter, Construct existing, Locator locator, java.lang.String msg)
Creates a new IdentityConstraintException with the specified message.

Method Summary

Construct	getExisting() Returns the Construct which already has the identity represented by the locator getLocator().
Locator	getLocator() Returns the locator representing the identity that caused the exception.

Methods inherited from class org.tmapi.core.ModelConstraintException

getReporter

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

IdentityConstraintException

public IdentityConstraintException(Construct reporter,
                                   Construct existing,
                                   Locator locator,
                                   java.lang.String msg)

Creates a new IdentityConstraintException with the specified message.

Parameters:

reporter - The construct to which the identity should have been assigned to. In case a factory method has thrown this exception, the construct which provides the factory method.

existing - The construct which has the same identity.

locator - The locator representing the identity.

msg - The detail message.

Method Detail

getExisting

public Construct getExisting()

Returns the Construct which already has the identity represented by the locator getLocator().

Returns:

The existing construct.

getLocator

public Locator getLocator()

Returns the locator representing the identity that caused the exception.

Returns:

A locator representing the identity which has caused the exception.