001/*
002 * ConvertException.java January 2010
003 *
004 * Copyright (C) 2010, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
005 *
006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
009 *
010 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011 *
012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
015 * implied. See the License for the specific language governing 
016 * permissions and limitations under the License.
017 */
018
019package org.simpleframework.xml.convert;
020
021/**
022 * The <code>ConvertException</code> is thrown when there is a
023 * problem converting an object. Such an exception can occur if an
024 * annotation is use incorrectly, or if a <code>Converter</code>
025 * can not be instantiated. Messages provided to this exception are
026 * formatted similar to the <code>PrintStream.printf</code> method.
027 * 
028 * @author Niall Gallagher
029 */
030public class ConvertException extends Exception {
031
032   /**
033    * Constructor for the <code>ConvertException</code> object. 
034    * This constructor takes a format string an a variable number of 
035    * object arguments, which can be inserted into the format string. 
036    * 
037    * @param text a format string used to present the error message
038    * @param list a list of arguments to insert into the string
039    */
040   public ConvertException(String text, Object... list) {
041      super(String.format(text, list));               
042   }   
043}