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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2000 William Chesters
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
9    *
10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
11   * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
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17   *    or
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40   *
41   *     William Chesters <williamc@paneris.org>
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43   *     Obrechtstraat 114, 2517VX Den Haag, The Netherlands
44   */
45  
46  package org.melati.poem;
47  
48  /**
49   * Thrown when the type of an object isn't the one expected.
50   *
51   * @author WilliamC AT paneris.org
52   * 
53   */
54  public class TypeMismatchPoemException extends AppBugPoemException {
55  
56  
57    /** The value we are trying to assign. */
58    public Object value;
59    /** The type of the destination.*/
60    public PoemType<?> type;
61  
62    /** Constructor. */
63    public TypeMismatchPoemException(Object value, PoemType<?> type) {
64      this.value = value;
65      this.type = type;
66    }
67  
68    /**
69     * @return The detail message
70     * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage()
71     */
72    public String getMessage() {
73      String s;
74      try {
75        s = String.valueOf(value);
76        if (s.length() >= 100) s = "<long>";
77      } catch (Exception e) {
78        s = "<error>";
79      }
80      return
81        "An unexpected type mismatch happened\n" +
82        "Expected: " + type + "\n" +
83        "Got: " + (value == null ? "null" : value.getClass().getName()) + "\n" +
84        "Value: " + s;
85    }
86  }