public TransformerException(String message) 
{
        super(message);
        this.containedException = null;
        this.locator            = null;
}

Create a new TransformerException.

Parameters:

message - The error or warning message.

 public TransformerException(Throwable e) 
{
        super(e.toString());
        this.containedException = e;
        this.locator            = null;
}

Create a new TransformerException wrapping an existing exception.

Parameters:

e - The exception to be wrapped.

 public TransformerException(String message,
    Throwable e) 
{
        super(((message == null) || (message.length() == 0))
              ? e.toString()
              : message);
        this.containedException = e;
        this.locator            = null;
}

Wrap an existing exception in a TransformerException.

This is used for throwing processor exceptions before the processing has started.

Parameters:

message - The error or warning message, or null to use the message from the embedded exception.

e - Any exception

 public TransformerException(String message,
    SourceLocator locator) 
{
        super(message);
        this.containedException = null;
        this.locator            = locator;
}

Create a new TransformerException from a message and a Locator.

This constructor is especially useful when an application is creating its own exception from within a DocumentHandler callback.

Parameters:

message - The error or warning message.

locator - The locator object for the error or warning.

 public TransformerException(String message,
    SourceLocator locator,
    Throwable e) 
{
        super(message);
        this.containedException = e;
        this.locator            = locator;
}

Wrap an existing exception in a TransformerException.

Parameters:

message - The error or warning message, or null to use the message from the embedded exception.

locator - The locator object for the error or warning.

e - Any exception

 public Throwable getCause() 
{
        return ((containedException == this)
                ? null
                : containedException);
}

Returns the cause of this throwable or null if the cause is nonexistent or unknown. (The cause is the throwable that caused this throwable to get thrown.)

 public Throwable getException() 
{
        return containedException;
}

This method retrieves an exception that this exception wraps.

 public String getLocationAsString() 
{
        if (null != locator) {
            StringBuffer sbuffer  = new StringBuffer();
            String       systemID = locator.getSystemId();
            int          line     = locator.getLineNumber();
            int          column   = locator.getColumnNumber();
            if (null != systemID) {
                sbuffer.append("; SystemID: ");
                sbuffer.append(systemID);
            }
            if (0 != line) {
                sbuffer.append("; Line#: ");
                sbuffer.append(line);
            }
            if (0 != column) {
                sbuffer.append("; Column#: ");
                sbuffer.append(column);
            }
            return sbuffer.toString();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
}

Get the location information as a string.

 public SourceLocator getLocator() 
{
        return locator;
}

Method getLocator retrieves an instance of a SourceLocator object that specifies where an error occurred.

 public String getMessageAndLocation() 
{
        StringBuffer sbuffer = new StringBuffer();
        String       message = super.getMessage();
        if (null != message) {
            sbuffer.append(message);
        }
        if (null != locator) {
            String systemID = locator.getSystemId();
            int    line     = locator.getLineNumber();
            int    column   = locator.getColumnNumber();
            if (null != systemID) {
                sbuffer.append("; SystemID: ");
                sbuffer.append(systemID);
            }
            if (0 != line) {
                sbuffer.append("; Line#: ");
                sbuffer.append(line);
            }
            if (0 != column) {
                sbuffer.append("; Column#: ");
                sbuffer.append(column);
            }
        }
        return sbuffer.toString();
}

Get the error message with location information appended.

 public synchronized Throwable initCause(Throwable cause) 
{
        if (this.containedException != null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Can't overwrite cause");
        }
        if (cause == this) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "Self-causation not permitted");
        }
        this.containedException = cause;
        return this;
}

Initializes the cause of this throwable to the specified value. (The cause is the throwable that caused this throwable to get thrown.)

This method can be called at most once. It is generally called from within the constructor, or immediately after creating the throwable. If this throwable was created with #TransformerException(Throwable) or #TransformerException(String,Throwable) , this method cannot be called even once.

 public  void printStackTrace() 
{
        printStackTrace(new java.io.PrintWriter(System.err, true));
}

Print the the trace of methods from where the error originated. This will trace all nested exception objects, as well as this object.

 public  void printStackTrace(PrintStream s) 
{
        printStackTrace(new java.io.PrintWriter(s));
}

Print the the trace of methods from where the error originated. This will trace all nested exception objects, as well as this object.

 public  void printStackTrace(PrintWriter s) 
{
        if (s == null) {
            s = new java.io.PrintWriter(System.err, true);
        }
        try {
            String locInfo = getLocationAsString();
            if (null != locInfo) {
                s.println(locInfo);
            }
            super.printStackTrace(s);
        } catch (Throwable e) {}
        boolean isJdk14OrHigher = false;
        try {
        	Throwable.class.getMethod("getCause",(Class[]) null);
        	isJdk14OrHigher = true;
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
        	// do nothing
        }
        // The printStackTrace method of the Throwable class in jdk 1.4 
        // and higher will include the cause when printing the backtrace.
        // The following code is only required when using jdk 1.3 or lower                 
        if (!isJdk14OrHigher) {
            Throwable exception = getException();
            for (int i = 0; (i <  10) && (null != exception); i++) {
                s.println("---------");
                try {
                    if (exception instanceof TransformerException) {
                        String locInfo =
                            ((TransformerException) exception)
                            .getLocationAsString();
                        if (null != locInfo) {
                            s.println(locInfo);
                        }
                    }
                    exception.printStackTrace(s);
                } catch (Throwable e) {
                    s.println("Could not print stack trace...");
                }
                try {
                    Method meth =
                        ((Object) exception).getClass().getMethod("getException",
                        (Class[]) null);
                    if (null != meth) {
                        Throwable prev = exception;
                        exception = (Throwable) meth.invoke(exception, (Object[]) null);
                        if (prev == exception) {
                            break;
                        }
                    } else {
                        exception = null;
                    }
                } catch (InvocationTargetException ite) {
                    exception = null;
                } catch (IllegalAccessException iae) {
                    exception = null;
                } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
                    exception = null;
                }
            }
        }
        // insure output is written
        s.flush();
}

Print the the trace of methods from where the error originated. This will trace all nested exception objects, as well as this object.

 public  void setLocator(SourceLocator location) 
{
        locator = location;
}

Method setLocator sets an instance of a SourceLocator object that specifies where an error occurred.