Class AmbiguousReductionException

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Throwable

java.lang.Exception

java.lang.RuntimeException

org.microbean.bean.BeanException

org.microbean.bean.ReductionException

org.microbean.bean.AmbiguousReductionException

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class AmbiguousReductionException
extends ReductionException

A ReductionException indicating that many contextual instances could not be reduced to one.

Author:

Laird Nelson

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AmbiguousReductionException(Object criteria, Collection<?> alternates, String message)	Creates a new AmbiguousReductionException.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final Collection<?>	alternates()	Returns the contextual instances that could not be reduced.

Methods inherited from class org.microbean.bean.ReductionException

criteria, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

addSuppressed, fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, getSuppressed, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AmbiguousReductionException

public AmbiguousReductionException(Object criteria,
 Collection<?> alternates,
 String message)

Creates a new AmbiguousReductionException.

Parameters:

criteria - the criteria by which a reduction was supposed to be effected; may be null

alternates - the contextual instances that could not be reduced; may be null

message - a detail message describing the exception; may be null

Method Details

alternates

public final Collection<?> alternates()

Returns the contextual instances that could not be reduced.

This method never returns null.

Returns:

a non-null, immutable Collection of contextual instances