com.mentata.sg8
Class ExcuseTag

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.SimpleTagSupport
      com.mentata.sg8.ExcuseTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

JspTag, SimpleTag

public class ExcuseTag

extends SimpleTagSupport

A tag handler that generates explanatory messages for thrown exceptions. This tag handler is used to produce error messages. It has a single action attribute for the exception thrown. The gateway error page uses the tag to add the messages at the top of the output HTML.

Since:

0.7

Author:

Jon Roberts

Constructor Summary

ExcuseTag()

Method Summary

void	doTag() Writes an explanation of the failure derived from the configured exception.
void	setException(Throwable exception) Defines an exception parameter for the tag context.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.SimpleTagSupport

findAncestorWithClass, getJspBody, getJspContext, getParent, setJspBody, setJspContext, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExcuseTag

public ExcuseTag()

Method Detail

setException

public void setException(Throwable exception)

Defines an exception parameter for the tag context.

Parameters:

exception - an exception to explain

doTag

public void doTag()
           throws IOException

Writes an explanation of the failure derived from the configured exception.

Throws:

IOException - if there was an error writing to the output stream