Class AttributeModificationException

This exception is thrown when an attempt is made to add, or remove, or modify an attribute, its identifier, or its values that conflicts with the attribute's (schema) definition or the attribute's state. It is thrown in response to DirContext.modifyAttributes(). It contains a list of modifications that have not been performed, in the order that they were supplied to modifyAttributes(). If the list is null, none of the modifications were performed successfully.

An AttributeModificationException instance is not synchronized against concurrent multithreaded access. Multiple threads trying to access and modify a single AttributeModification instance should lock the object.

Constructors

AttributeModificationException

public AttributeModificationException(String explanation)

Constructs a new instance of AttributeModificationException using an explanation. All other fields are set to null.

Parameters:

explanation - Possibly null additional detail about this exception. If null, this exception has no detail message.

See Also:

Throwable.getMessage()

AttributeModificationException

public AttributeModificationException()

Constructs a new instance of AttributeModificationException. All fields are set to null.

Methods

setUnexecutedModifications

public void setUnexecutedModifications(ModificationItem[] e)

Sets the unexecuted modification list to be e. Items in the list must appear in the same order in which they were originally supplied in DirContext.modifyAttributes(). The first item in the list is the first one that was not executed. If this list is null, none of the operations originally submitted to modifyAttributes() were executed.

Parameters:

e - The possibly null list of unexecuted modifications.

See Also:

getUnexecutedModifications()

getUnexecutedModifications

public ModificationItem[] getUnexecutedModifications()

Retrieves the unexecuted modification list. Items in the list appear in the same order in which they were originally supplied in DirContext.modifyAttributes(). The first item in the list is the first one that was not executed. If this list is null, none of the operations originally submitted to modifyAttributes() were executed.

Returns:

The possibly null unexecuted modification list.

See Also:

setUnexecutedModifications(javax.naming.directory.ModificationItem[])

toString

public String toString()

The string representation of this exception consists of information about where the error occurred, and the first unexecuted modification. This string is meant for debugging and not mean to be interpreted programmatically.

Overrides:

toString in class NamingException

Returns:

The non-null string representation of this exception.