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package javax.naming;

This exception is used to describe problems encountered while resolving links. Additional information is added to the base NamingException for pinpointing the problem with the link.

Analogously to how NamingException captures name resolution information, LinkException captures "link"-name resolution information pinpointing the problem encountered while resolving a link. All these fields may be null.

  • Link Resolved Name. Portion of link name that has been resolved.
  • Link Resolved Object. Object to which resolution of link name proceeded.
  • Link Remaining Name. Portion of link name that has not been resolved.
  • Link Explanation. Detail explaining why link resolution failed.

A LinkException instance is not synchronized against concurrent multithreaded access. Multiple threads trying to access and modify a single LinkException instance should lock the object.

Author:Rosanna Lee, Scott Seligman
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Since:1.3
/** * This exception is used to describe problems encountered while resolving links. * Additional information is added to the base NamingException for pinpointing * the problem with the link. *<p> * Analogously to how NamingException captures name resolution information, * LinkException captures "link"-name resolution information pinpointing * the problem encountered while resolving a link. All these fields may * be null. * <ul> * <li> Link Resolved Name. Portion of link name that has been resolved. * <li> Link Resolved Object. Object to which resolution of link name proceeded. * <li> Link Remaining Name. Portion of link name that has not been resolved. * <li> Link Explanation. Detail explaining why link resolution failed. *</ul> * *<p> * A LinkException instance is not synchronized against concurrent * multithreaded access. Multiple threads trying to access and modify * a single LinkException instance should lock the object. * * @author Rosanna Lee * @author Scott Seligman * * @see Context#lookupLink * @see LinkRef * @since 1.3 */
/*<p> * The serialized form of a LinkException object consists of the * serialized fields of its NamingException superclass, the link resolved * name (a Name object), the link resolved object, link remaining name * (a Name object), and the link explanation String. */ public class LinkException extends NamingException {
Contains the part of the link that has been successfully resolved. It is a composite name and can be null. This field is initialized by the constructors. You should access and manipulate this field through its get and set methods.
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@serial
/** * Contains the part of the link that has been successfully resolved. * It is a composite name and can be null. * This field is initialized by the constructors. * You should access and manipulate this field * through its get and set methods. * @serial * @see #getLinkResolvedName * @see #setLinkResolvedName */
protected Name linkResolvedName;
Contains the object to which resolution of the part of the link was successful. Can be null. This field is initialized by the constructors. You should access and manipulate this field through its get and set methods.
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@serial
/** * Contains the object to which resolution of the part of the link was successful. * Can be null. This field is initialized by the constructors. * You should access and manipulate this field * through its get and set methods. * @serial * @see #getLinkResolvedObj * @see #setLinkResolvedObj */
@SuppressWarnings("serial") // Not statically typed as Serializable protected Object linkResolvedObj;
Contains the remaining link name that has not been resolved yet. It is a composite name and can be null. This field is initialized by the constructors. You should access and manipulate this field through its get and set methods.
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@serial
/** * Contains the remaining link name that has not been resolved yet. * It is a composite name and can be null. * This field is initialized by the constructors. * You should access and manipulate this field * through its get and set methods. * @serial * @see #getLinkRemainingName * @see #setLinkRemainingName */
protected Name linkRemainingName;
Contains the exception of why resolution of the link failed. Can be null. This field is initialized by the constructors. You should access and manipulate this field through its get and set methods.
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@serial
/** * Contains the exception of why resolution of the link failed. * Can be null. This field is initialized by the constructors. * You should access and manipulate this field * through its get and set methods. * @serial * @see #getLinkExplanation * @see #setLinkExplanation */
protected String linkExplanation;
Constructs a new instance of LinkException with an explanation. All the other fields are initialized to null.
Params:
  • explanation – A possibly null string containing additional detail about this exception.
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/** * Constructs a new instance of LinkException with an explanation. * All the other fields are initialized to null. * @param explanation A possibly null string containing additional * detail about this exception. * @see java.lang.Throwable#getMessage */
public LinkException(String explanation) { super(explanation); linkResolvedName = null; linkResolvedObj = null; linkRemainingName = null; linkExplanation = null; }
Constructs a new instance of LinkException. All the non-link-related and link-related fields are initialized to null.
/** * Constructs a new instance of LinkException. * All the non-link-related and link-related fields are initialized to null. */
public LinkException() { super(); linkResolvedName = null; linkResolvedObj = null; linkRemainingName = null; linkExplanation = null; }
Retrieves the leading portion of the link name that was resolved successfully.
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Returns:The part of the link name that was resolved successfully. It is a composite name. It can be null, which means the link resolved name field has not been set.
/** * Retrieves the leading portion of the link name that was resolved * successfully. * * @return The part of the link name that was resolved successfully. * It is a composite name. It can be null, which means * the link resolved name field has not been set. * @see #getLinkResolvedObj * @see #setLinkResolvedName */
public Name getLinkResolvedName() { return this.linkResolvedName; }
Retrieves the remaining unresolved portion of the link name.
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Returns:The part of the link name that has not been resolved. It is a composite name. It can be null, which means the link remaining name field has not been set.
/** * Retrieves the remaining unresolved portion of the link name. * @return The part of the link name that has not been resolved. * It is a composite name. It can be null, which means * the link remaining name field has not been set. * @see #setLinkRemainingName */
public Name getLinkRemainingName() { return this.linkRemainingName; }
Retrieves the object to which resolution was successful. This is the object to which the resolved link name is bound.
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Returns:The possibly null object that was resolved so far. If null, it means the link resolved object field has not been set.
/** * Retrieves the object to which resolution was successful. * This is the object to which the resolved link name is bound. * * @return The possibly null object that was resolved so far. * If null, it means the link resolved object field has not been set. * @see #getLinkResolvedName * @see #setLinkResolvedObj */
public Object getLinkResolvedObj() { return this.linkResolvedObj; }
Retrieves the explanation associated with the problem encountered when resolving a link.
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Returns:The possibly null detail string explaining more about the problem with resolving a link. If null, it means there is no link detail message for this exception.
/** * Retrieves the explanation associated with the problem encountered * when resolving a link. * * @return The possibly null detail string explaining more about the problem * with resolving a link. * If null, it means there is no * link detail message for this exception. * @see #setLinkExplanation */
public String getLinkExplanation() { return this.linkExplanation; }
Sets the explanation associated with the problem encountered when resolving a link.
Params:
  • msg – The possibly null detail string explaining more about the problem with resolving a link. If null, it means no detail will be recorded.
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/** * Sets the explanation associated with the problem encountered * when resolving a link. * * @param msg The possibly null detail string explaining more about the problem * with resolving a link. If null, it means no detail will be recorded. * @see #getLinkExplanation */
public void setLinkExplanation(String msg) { this.linkExplanation = msg; }
Sets the resolved link name field of this exception.

name is a composite name. If the intent is to set this field using a compound name or string, you must "stringify" the compound name, and create a composite name with a single component using the string. You can then invoke this method using the resulting composite name.

A copy of name is made and stored. Subsequent changes to name do not affect the copy in this NamingException and vice versa.

Params:
  • name – The name to set resolved link name to. This can be null. If null, it sets the link resolved name field to null.
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/** * Sets the resolved link name field of this exception. *<p> * {@code name} is a composite name. If the intent is to set * this field using a compound name or string, you must * "stringify" the compound name, and create a composite * name with a single component using the string. You can then * invoke this method using the resulting composite name. *<p> * A copy of <code>name</code> is made and stored. * Subsequent changes to <code>name</code> do not * affect the copy in this NamingException and vice versa. * * * @param name The name to set resolved link name to. This can be null. * If null, it sets the link resolved name field to null. * @see #getLinkResolvedName */
public void setLinkResolvedName(Name name) { if (name != null) { this.linkResolvedName = (Name)(name.clone()); } else { this.linkResolvedName = null; } }
Sets the remaining link name field of this exception.

name is a composite name. If the intent is to set this field using a compound name or string, you must "stringify" the compound name, and create a composite name with a single component using the string. You can then invoke this method using the resulting composite name.

A copy of name is made and stored. Subsequent changes to name do not affect the copy in this NamingException and vice versa.

Params:
  • name – The name to set remaining link name to. This can be null. If null, it sets the remaining name field to null.
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/** * Sets the remaining link name field of this exception. *<p> * {@code name} is a composite name. If the intent is to set * this field using a compound name or string, you must * "stringify" the compound name, and create a composite * name with a single component using the string. You can then * invoke this method using the resulting composite name. *<p> * A copy of <code>name</code> is made and stored. * Subsequent changes to <code>name</code> do not * affect the copy in this NamingException and vice versa. * * @param name The name to set remaining link name to. This can be null. * If null, it sets the remaining name field to null. * @see #getLinkRemainingName */
public void setLinkRemainingName(Name name) { if (name != null) this.linkRemainingName = (Name)(name.clone()); else this.linkRemainingName = null; }
Sets the link resolved object field of this exception. This indicates the last successfully resolved object of link name.
Params:
  • obj – The object to set link resolved object to. This can be null. If null, the link resolved object field is set to null.
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/** * Sets the link resolved object field of this exception. * This indicates the last successfully resolved object of link name. * @param obj The object to set link resolved object to. This can be null. * If null, the link resolved object field is set to null. * @see #getLinkResolvedObj */
public void setLinkResolvedObj(Object obj) { this.linkResolvedObj = obj; }
Generates the string representation of this exception. This string consists of the NamingException information plus the link's remaining name. This string is used for debugging and not meant to be interpreted programmatically.
Returns:The non-null string representation of this link exception.
/** * Generates the string representation of this exception. * This string consists of the NamingException information plus * the link's remaining name. * This string is used for debugging and not meant to be interpreted * programmatically. * @return The non-null string representation of this link exception. */
public String toString() { return super.toString() + "; Link Remaining Name: '" + this.linkRemainingName + "'"; }
Generates the string representation of this exception. This string consists of the NamingException information plus the additional information of resolving the link. If 'detail' is true, the string also contains information on the link resolved object. If false, this method is the same as the form of toString() that accepts no parameters. This string is used for debugging and not meant to be interpreted programmatically.
Params:
  • detail – If true, add information about the link resolved object.
Returns:The non-null string representation of this link exception.
/** * Generates the string representation of this exception. * This string consists of the NamingException information plus * the additional information of resolving the link. * If 'detail' is true, the string also contains information on * the link resolved object. If false, this method is the same * as the form of toString() that accepts no parameters. * This string is used for debugging and not meant to be interpreted * programmatically. * * @param detail If true, add information about the link resolved * object. * @return The non-null string representation of this link exception. */
public String toString(boolean detail) { if (!detail || this.linkResolvedObj == null) return this.toString(); return this.toString() + "; Link Resolved Object: " + this.linkResolvedObj; }
Use serialVersionUID from JNDI 1.1.1 for interoperability
/** * Use serialVersionUID from JNDI 1.1.1 for interoperability */
private static final long serialVersionUID = -7967662604076777712L; };