001 /* 002 * Copyright 2007 Stephen J. McConnell. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 013 * implied. 014 * 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 019 package net.dpml.lang; 020 021 import dpml.util.StandardClassLoader; 022 023 /** 024 * Exception raised when class cannot be cast to a requested type. 025 * 026 * @author <a href="http://www.dpml.net">Digital Product Management Laboratory</a> 027 * @version 2.0.1 028 */ 029 public class TypeCastException extends ClassCastException 030 { 031 /** 032 * Serial version identifier. 033 */ 034 static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; 035 036 private final Class m_base; 037 private final Class m_type; 038 039 /** 040 * Construct a new <code>TypeCastException</code> instance. 041 * 042 * @param message the message 043 * @param base the base class against which a failed cast was attempted 044 * @param type the class used as the cast criteria 045 */ 046 public TypeCastException( final String message, Class base, Class type ) 047 { 048 super( message ); 049 m_base = base; 050 m_type = type; 051 } 052 053 public Class getBase() 054 { 055 return m_base; 056 } 057 058 public Class getType() 059 { 060 return m_type; 061 } 062 063 public String getReport() 064 { 065 return StandardClassLoader.toString( m_base, m_type ); 066 } 067 } 068