org.jasig.portal.channels.error.error2xml
Interface IThrowableToElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthorizationExceptionToElement, DelegatingThrowableToElement, InternalTimeoutExceptionToElement, ResourceMissingExceptionToElement, ThrowableToElement

Deprecated. All IChannel implementations should be migrated to portlets

@Deprecated
public interface IThrowableToElement

Interface for translating from a Throwable to an Element.

Since:

uPortal 2.5

Version:

$Revision: 19776 $ $Date: 2010-01-14 16:17:21 -0600 (Thu, 14 Jan 2010) $

Author:

andrew.petro@yale.edu

Method Summary

boolean	supports(Class c) Deprecated. Returns true if the implementation knows how to translate an instance of the given class into an Element (throwableToElement() will return non-null) for instances of the class, which must extend Throwable).
Element	throwableToElement(Throwable t, Document parentDoc) Deprecated. Obtain an Element representing the throwable.

Method Detail

throwableToElement

Element throwableToElement(Throwable t,
                           Document parentDoc)
                           throws IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Obtain an Element representing the throwable. Throws IllegalArgumentException if t is null. Throws IllegalArgumentException if t is not supported, as indicated by the supports() method.

Parameters:

t - a supported throwable

parentDoc - document into which the element is to go

Returns:

an Element representing the Element

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if t is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if t is unsupported.

supports

boolean supports(Class c)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Returns true if the implementation knows how to translate an instance of the given class into an Element (throwableToElement() will return non-null) for instances of the class, which must extend Throwable). Returns false if the implementation will return null for throwableToNode() on an instance of the class. Throws IllegalArgumentException if c is not a class which extends Throwable. Throws IllegalArgumentException if c is null.

Parameters:

c - a Class extending Throwable

Returns:

true if handles instances of c, false otherwise

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if c is null or does not extend Throwable