edu.jhu.pha.ivoa
Class ErrorPrompter

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--edu.jhu.pha.ivoa.ErrorPrompter

public class ErrorPrompter

extends java.lang.Object

   Current Version
   ===============
   ID:            $Id: ErrorPrompter.html,v 1.3 2003/08/18 18:05:02 carliles Exp $
   Revision:      $Revision: 1.3 $
   Date/time:     $Date: 2003/08/18 18:05:02 $
   

A convenience class for notifying the user of an error or exception, which the user can expand to show the stack trace of the problem. The initial expansion of the stack trace display takes inordinately long on Linux, but it works fine in Windows, so as near as I can tell, it's a bug in the JRE on Linux.

A common usage would be something like

     try
     {
       new Computer(System.getProperty("this.computer")).explode();
     }
     catch(Exception e)
     {
       ErrorPrompter.
         showErrorDialog(null,
                         "There was a problem trying to " +
                         "blow up this computer.",
                         e);
     }
   

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) For testing purposes.
static java.lang.String	revision()
static void	showErrorDialog(javax.swing.JComponent parent, java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable t) Pops up a dialog with message, and an option to expand the dialog to display the stack trace of t.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

For testing purposes.

showErrorDialog

public static void showErrorDialog(javax.swing.JComponent parent,
                                   java.lang.String message,
                                   java.lang.Throwable t)

Pops up a dialog with message, and an option to expand the dialog to display the stack trace of t.

Parameters:

parent - The parent JComponent, optionally null.

message - The message to display.

t - The Throwable containing the stack trace to be displayed.

revision

public static java.lang.String revision()

Returns:

CVS Revision number.