Package nl.nikhef.jgridstart.gui.util

Class ErrorMessage

java.lang.Object

nl.nikhef.jgridstart.gui.util.ErrorMessage

public class ErrorMessage
extends Object

Uniform way to handle error messages.

This shows an error dialog to the user, and logs the exception, if any.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ErrorMessage()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected static JDialog	createJDialog(Component parent)	Create new JDialog with a parent Component.
static void	error(Component parent, String title, Exception e)
static void	error(Component parent, String title, Exception e, String extramsg)
static void	error(Component parent, String title, Throwable e)
static void	error(Component parent, String title, Throwable e, String extramsg)	show an error to the user.
static void	internal(Component parent, Exception e)
static void	internal(Component parent, String msg)	show an error to the user.
static void	internal(Component parent, Throwable e)	show an error to the user.
static void	logException(Throwable e)	logs an exception

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ErrorMessage

public ErrorMessage()

Method Detail

error

public static void error(Component parent,
                         String title,
                         Throwable e,
                         String extramsg)

show an error to the user. This method is for errors that are meaningful to the user, such as an IOException.

Parameters:

parent - Parent window

title - Title of the dialog

e - Exception to get information from

extramsg - Additional error message details to display

error

public static void error(Component parent,
                         String title,
                         Throwable e)

See Also:

error(Component, String, Throwable, String)

error

public static void error(Component parent,
                         String title,
                         Exception e,
                         String extramsg)

See Also:

error(Component, String, Throwable, String)

error

public static void error(Component parent,
                         String title,
                         Exception e)

See Also:

error(Component, String, Throwable, String)

internal

public static void internal(Component parent,
                            Throwable e)

show an error to the user. This method is for errors that should not occur; the dialog indicates that the user can contact the developers.

Parameters:

parent - Parent window

e - Exception to get information from

internal

public static void internal(Component parent,
                            Exception e)

See Also:

internal(Component, Throwable)

internal

public static void internal(Component parent,
                            String msg)

show an error to the user. This method is for errors that should not occur; the dialog indicates that the user can contact the developers.

Parameters:

parent - Parent window

msg - Message to describe to error

logException

public static void logException(Throwable e)

logs an exception

createJDialog

protected static JDialog createJDialog(Component parent)

Create new JDialog with a parent Component.

If the component is no Frame or JDialog, a new unparented dialog is returned.

JDialog has no constructor with Window on Java5 and below, so that is not used.