org.springframework.core
Interface ErrorCoded

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyAccessException

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

String

getErrorCode() Return the error code associated with this failure.

Method Detail

getErrorCode

public 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