Package org.jaxen

Class XPathSyntaxException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

org.jaxen.saxpath.SAXPathException

org.jaxen.JaxenException

org.jaxen.XPathSyntaxException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class XPathSyntaxException
extends JaxenException

Indicates an error during parsing of an XPath expression.

Author:

bob mcwhirter, James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XPathSyntaxException(String xpath, int position, String message)	Constructor
XPathSyntaxException(XPathSyntaxException e)	Create a new XPathSyntaxException wrapping an existing org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathSyntaxException.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getMultilineMessage()	Retrieve the friendly multi-line error message.
int	getPosition()	Retrieve the position of the error.
String	getPositionMarker()	Retrieve a string useful for denoting where the error occurred.
String	getXPath()	Retrieve the expression containing the error.

Methods inherited from class org.jaxen.saxpath.SAXPathException

getCause, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPathSyntaxException

public XPathSyntaxException(XPathSyntaxException e)

Create a new XPathSyntaxException wrapping an existing org.jaxen.saxpath.XPathSyntaxException.

Parameters:

e - the exception that caused this exception

XPathSyntaxException

public XPathSyntaxException(String xpath,
                            int position,
                            String message)

Constructor

Parameters:

xpath - the erroneous XPath expression

position - the position of the error

message - the error message

Method Detail

getPosition

public int getPosition()

Retrieve the position of the error.

Returns:

the position of the error

getXPath

public String getXPath()

Retrieve the expression containing the error.

Returns:

the erroneous expression

getPositionMarker

public String getPositionMarker()

Retrieve a string useful for denoting where the error occurred.

This is a string composed of whitespace and a marker at the position (see getPosition()) of the error. This is useful for creating friendly multi-line error displays.

Returns:

the error position marker

getMultilineMessage

public String getMultilineMessage()

Retrieve the friendly multi-line error message.

This returns a multi-line string that contains the original erroneous XPath expression with a marker underneath indicating exactly where the error occurred.

Returns:

the multi-line error message