ptolemy.kernel.util

Interface ExceptionHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnalyzeExceptionAttribute, CatchExceptionAttribute, ExceptionManager, TestExceptionAttribute, TestExceptionHandler

public interface ExceptionHandler

Interface for exception handlers. If a model contains an entity that implements this interface, then if running the model results in an exception, the exception is delegated to this exception handler.

Since:

Ptolemy II 5.2

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Haiyang Zheng

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Green (hyzheng)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Green (hyzheng)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	handleException(NamedObj context, java.lang.Throwable exception) Handle an exception.

Method Detail

handleException

boolean handleException(NamedObj context,
                        java.lang.Throwable exception)
                 throws IllegalActionException

Handle an exception. This method may throw another exception.

Parameters:

context - The object in which the exception occurred.

exception - An exception to be handled.

Returns:

True if the exception has been handled, or false if the exception is not handled.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If this handler handles the exception by throwing an exception.