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JADE - Java Agent DEvelopment Framework is a framework to develop 
multi-agent systems in compliance with the FIPA specifications.
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package jade.domain;

import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.io.IOException;
import jade.content.Predicate;

import jade.lang.acl.ACLMessage;

/**
This class represents a generic FIPAException, i.e. one of
NotUnderstood,Failure,Refuse, as defined in
<code>jade.domain.FIPAAgentManagement</code>.  It has two
constructors, one based on an ACLMessage, and the second based on its
content, i.e. the exception message.
@author Giovanni Rimassa - Universita' di Parma
@version $Date: 2009-03-03 15:02:51 +0100 (mar, 03 mar 2009) $ $Revision: 6097 $
 */

public class FIPAException extends Exception implements Predicate {

	protected ACLMessage msg; // can be accessed by subclasses
	
	private String content;

	/**
	 * Constructs a generic <code>FIPAException</code>. The ACL message
	 * performative is defaulted to <code>not-understood</code>.
	 * @param message is the content of the ACLMessage
	 **/
	public FIPAException(String message) {
		super();
		content = message;
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a <code>FIPAException</code> from the given ACL
	 * message.
	 * @param message is the ACL message representing this exception
	 **/
	public FIPAException(ACLMessage message) {
		this(message.getContent());
		msg=(ACLMessage)message.clone();
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the ACL message whose content is represented by this
	 * exception.
	 * @return the ACLMessage representing this exception
	 **/
	public ACLMessage getACLMessage() {
		if (msg == null) {
			msg = new ACLMessage(ACLMessage.NOT_UNDERSTOOD);
			msg.setContent(getMessage());
		}
		return msg;
	}

	/**
	 * Set the content of the ACL message representing this exception
	 * @param message is the content
	 **/
	protected void setMessage(String message) {
		content=message;
		if (msg!=null)
			msg.setContent(message);
	}

	/**
	 * Get the content of the ACL message representing this exception
	 * @return A string representing the message content that describes
	 * this FIPA exception.
	 **/
	public String getMessage() {
		return content;
	}

}



