1f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project/* Copyright (C) 2003 Vladimir Roubtsov. All rights reserved. 2f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * 3f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under 4f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, 5f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html 6f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * 7f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * $Id: ICodedException.java,v 1.1.1.1 2004/05/09 16:57:58 vlad_r Exp $ 8f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project */ 9f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Projectpackage com.vladium.util.exception; 10f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project 11f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project/** 13f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * TODO: javadoc 14f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * 15f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * This interface is implemented by {@link AbstractException} and 16f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * {@link AbstractRuntimeException} to provide a common interface 17f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * for accessing error codes.<P> 18f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * 19f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * An error code is a compact string representing the nature of exception 20f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * in a programmatic locale-independent way. It can be used as a key that maps 21f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * to a human-readable error message in a resource bundle. For details, see 22f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * the exception classes mentioned above. 23f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * 24f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * @author Vlad Roubtsov, (C) 2002 25f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project */ 26f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Projectpublic 27f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Projectinterface ICodedException 28f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project{ 29f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project // public: ................................................................ 30f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project 31f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project /** 32f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the String that was passed as 'message' argument to an exception 33f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * constructor. For a coded exception this will be the compact error code 34f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * [and different from the result of <code>getMessage()</code>], otherwise 35f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * this will be traditional error message. 36f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * 37f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project * @return message code string [can be null] 38f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project */ 39f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project String getErrorCode (); 40f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project 41f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project} // end of interface 42f6fe897e173f4e4bda72a7dddb091b667066764aThe Android Open Source Project// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43