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20
21 package org.apache.cayenne.validation;
22
23 /**
24  * Represents a generic validation failure that contains
25  * failed object and a message describing the failure.
26  *
27  * @since 1.1
28  * @author Andrus Adamchik
29  */
30 public class SimpleValidationFailure implements ValidationFailure {
31     protected Object JavaDoc source;
32     protected Object JavaDoc error;
33
34     public SimpleValidationFailure(Object JavaDoc source, Object JavaDoc error) {
35         this.source = source;
36         this.error = error;
37     }
38
39     /**
40      * Returns the error converted to String.
41      */
42     public String JavaDoc getDescription() {
43         return String.valueOf(error);
44     }
45
46     /**
47      * Returns object that failed the validation.
48      */
49     public Object JavaDoc getSource() {
50         return source;
51     }
52
53     public Object JavaDoc getError() {
54         return error;
55     }
56
57     /**
58      * Returns a String representation of the failure.
59      */
60     public String JavaDoc toString() {
61         StringBuffer JavaDoc buffer = new StringBuffer JavaDoc();
62
63         buffer.append("Validation failure for ");
64         Object JavaDoc source = getSource();
65
66         if (source == null) {
67             buffer.append("[General]");
68         }
69         else {
70             String JavaDoc sourceLabel = (source instanceof String JavaDoc) ? source.toString() : source
71                     .getClass()
72                     .getName();
73             buffer.append(sourceLabel);
74         }
75         buffer.append(": ");
76         buffer.append(getDescription());
77         return buffer.toString();
78     }
79 }
80
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