org.springframework.core

Interface ErrorCoded

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConversionNotSupportedException, MethodInvocationException, PropertyAccessException, TypeMismatchException

public interface ErrorCoded

Interface that can be implemented by exceptions etc that are error coded. The error code is a String, rather than a number, so it can be given user-readable values, such as "object.failureDescription".

An error code can be resolved by a MessageSource, for example.

Author:

Rod Johnson

See Also:

MessageSource

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getErrorCode() Return the error code associated with this failure.

Method Detail

getErrorCode

java.lang.String getErrorCode()

Return the error code associated with this failure. The GUI can render this any way it pleases, allowing for localization etc.

Returns:

a String error code associated with this failure, or null if not error-coded