src/com/google/inject/ContainerCreationException.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */

package com.google.inject;

import com.google.inject.spi.Message;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Formatter;

/**
 * Thrown when errors occur while creating a {@link Container}. Includes a list
 * of encountered errors. Typically, a client should catch this exception, log
 * it, and stop execution.
 *
 * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
 */
public class ContainerCreationException extends Exception {

  final Collection<Message> errorMessages;

  /**
   * Constructs a new exception for the given errors.
   */
  public ContainerCreationException(Collection<Message> errorMessages) {
    super();
    this.errorMessages = errorMessages;
  }

  public String getMessage() {
    return createErrorMessage(errorMessages);
  }

  private static String createErrorMessage(Collection<Message> errorMessages) {
    Formatter fmt = new Formatter().format("Guice configuration errors:%n%n");
    int index = 1;
    for (Message errorMessage : errorMessages) {
      fmt.format("%s) Error at %s:%n", index++, errorMessage.getSource())
         .format(" %s%n%n", errorMessage.getMessage());
    }
    return fmt.format("%s error[s]%n", errorMessages.size()).toString();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the error messages which resulted in this exception.
   */
  public Collection<Message> getErrorMessages() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(errorMessages);
  }

  public synchronized Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
    // We don't care about this stack trace.
    return null;
  }
}