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:

java.io.Serializable

public class XPathSyntaxException
extends JaxenException

Indicates an error during parsing of an XPath expression.

Author:

bob mcwhirter, James Strachan

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private int	position The position of the error
private static long	serialVersionUID
private java.lang.String	xpath The textual XPath expression

Fields inherited from class org.jaxen.JaxenException

javaVersion

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Methods

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

xpath

private java.lang.String xpath

The textual XPath expression

position

private int position

The position of the error

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(java.lang.String xpath,
                    int position,
                    java.lang.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 java.lang.String getXPath()

Retrieve the expression containing the error.

Returns:

the erroneous expression

getPositionMarker

public java.lang.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 java.lang.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