1 /*
2 * EL4J, the Extension Library for the J2EE, adds incremental enhancements to
3 * the spring framework, http://el4j.sf.net
4 * Copyright (C) 2005 by ELCA Informatique SA, Av. de la Harpe 22-24,
5 * 1000 Lausanne, Switzerland, http://www.elca.ch
6 *
7 * EL4J is published under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
8 * Version 2.1. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
9 *
10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * For alternative licensing, please contact info@elca.ch
16 */
17
18 package ch.elca.el4j.services.exceptionhandler;
19
20 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
21
22 import ch.elca.el4j.services.exceptionhandler.handler.ExceptionHandler;
23
24 /**
25 * The exception configuration is used to determine, whether a exception handler
26 * is able to handle a given exception that was thrown in a given method
27 * invocation.
28 *
29 * @svnLink $Revision: 3875 $;$Date: 2009-08-04 14:35:53 +0200 (Di, 04. Aug 2009) $;$Author: swismer $;$URL: https://el4j.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/el4j/branches/el4j_3_1/el4j/framework/modules/exception_handling/src/main/java/ch/elca/el4j/services/exceptionhandler/ExceptionConfiguration.java $
30 *
31 * @author Andreas Bur (ABU)
32 */
33 public interface ExceptionConfiguration {
34
35 /**
36 * Requests whether this exception configuration is able to handle the
37 * given exception that was thrown in the given method invocation.
38 *
39 * @param t
40 * The exception to handle.
41 *
42 * @param invocation
43 * The invocation in which the exception was thrown.
44 *
45 * @return Returns <code>true</code> if this exception configuratin is able
46 * to handle the exception, <code>false</code> otherwise.
47 */
48 public boolean handlesExceptions(Throwable t, MethodInvocation invocation);
49
50 /**
51 * @return Returns the exception handler.
52 */
53 public ExceptionHandler getExceptionHandler();
54 }