public class

ScriptException

extends Exception
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.lang.Throwable
     ↳ java.lang.Exception
       ↳ javax.script.ScriptException

Class Overview

The generic Exception class for the Scripting APIs. Checked exception types thrown by underlying scripting implementations must be wrapped in instances of ScriptException. The class has members to store line and column numbers and filenames if this information is available.

Summary

Public Constructors
ScriptException(String s)
Creates a ScriptException with a String to be used in its message.
ScriptException(Exception e)
Creates a ScriptException wrapping an Exception thrown by an underlying interpreter.
ScriptException(String message, String fileName, int lineNumber)
Creates a ScriptException with message, filename and linenumber to be used in error messages.
ScriptException(String message, String fileName, int lineNumber, int columnNumber)
ScriptException constructor specifying message, filename, line number and column number.
Public Methods
int getColumnNumber()
Get the column number on which an error occurred.
String getFileName()
Get the source of the script causing the error.
int getLineNumber()
Get the line number on which an error occurred.
String getMessage()
Returns a message containing the String passed to a constructor as well as line and column numbers and filename if any of these are known.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Throwable
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public ScriptException (String s)

Creates a ScriptException with a String to be used in its message. Filename, and line and column numbers are unspecified.

Parameters
s The String to use in the message.

public ScriptException (Exception e)

Creates a ScriptException wrapping an Exception thrown by an underlying interpreter. Line and column numbers and filename are unspecified.

Parameters
e The wrapped Exception.

public ScriptException (String message, String fileName, int lineNumber)

Creates a ScriptException with message, filename and linenumber to be used in error messages.

Parameters
message The string to use in the message
fileName The file or resource name describing the location of a script error causing the ScriptException to be thrown.
lineNumber A line number describing the location of a script error causing the ScriptException to be thrown.

public ScriptException (String message, String fileName, int lineNumber, int columnNumber)

ScriptException constructor specifying message, filename, line number and column number.

Parameters
message The message.
fileName The filename
lineNumber the line number.
columnNumber the column number.

Public Methods

public int getColumnNumber ()

Get the column number on which an error occurred.

Returns
  • The column number. Returns -1 if a column number is unavailable.

public String getFileName ()

Get the source of the script causing the error.

Returns
  • The file name of the script or some other string describing the script source. May return some implementation-defined string such as <unknown> if a description of the source is unavailable.

public int getLineNumber ()

Get the line number on which an error occurred.

Returns
  • The line number. Returns -1 if a line number is unavailable.

public String getMessage ()

Returns a message containing the String passed to a constructor as well as line and column numbers and filename if any of these are known.

Returns
  • The error message.