1 /*=========================================================================== 2 3 ObjectWeb Util API 4 Copyright (C) 2002 USTL - LIFL - GOAL 5 Contact: architecture@objectweb.org 6 7 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 11 12 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 20 USA 21 22 Initial developer(s): Philippe Merle. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 ===========================================================================*/ 26 27 package org.objectweb.util.browser.core.api; 28 29 /** 30 * Specifies an exception holder. 31 * 32 * This interface provides methods to get and set an exception, 33 * i.e. getOWException and setOWException methods. 34 * 35 * @author <a HREF="mailto:Philippe.Merle@lifl.fr">Philippe Merle</a> 36 * @version 0.1 37 */ 38 public interface ExceptionHolder { 39 40 /** 41 * Returns the stored exception. 42 * 43 * This method does not update the stored exception. 44 * 45 * @return The stored exception. 46 * 47 * @postcondition return == getOWException(); 48 */ 49 java.lang.Exception getOWException(); 50 51 /** 52 * Sets the stored exception. 53 * 54 * This method sets the stored exception to the given exception. 55 * 56 * @param exception The exception to store. 57 * 58 * @postcondition getOWException() == exception; 59 */ 60 void setOWException(java.lang.Exception exception); 61 62 } 63