Package com.ibm.websphere.servlet.event

Class ServletErrorEvent

java.lang.Object

java.util.EventObject

com.ibm.websphere.servlet.event.ApplicationEvent

com.ibm.websphere.servlet.event.ServletEvent

com.ibm.websphere.servlet.event.ServletErrorEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class ServletErrorEvent
extends ServletEvent

Event that reports a servlet error.

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ServletErrorEvent(Object source, jakarta.servlet.ServletContext context, String servletName, String servletClassName, Throwable error)	ServletErrorEvent constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Throwable	getError()	Returns the top-level error.
Throwable	getRootCause()	Get the original cause of the error.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.websphere.servlet.event.ServletEvent

getServletClassName, getServletName

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.websphere.servlet.event.ApplicationEvent

getServletContext, getServletNames

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ServletErrorEvent

public ServletErrorEvent(Object source,
 jakarta.servlet.ServletContext context,
 String servletName,
 String servletClassName,
 Throwable error)

ServletErrorEvent constructor

Parameters:

source - the source of the event.

servletName - the name of the servlet that triggered the event.

error - the error that caused the event.

Method Details

getError

public Throwable getError()

Returns the top-level error.

getRootCause

public Throwable getRootCause()

Get the original cause of the error. Use of ServletExceptions by the engine to rethrow errors can cause the original error to be buried within one or more exceptions. This method will sift through the wrapped ServletExceptions to return the original error.