CsvConstraintViolationException.java

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 * Copyright 2016 Andrew Rucker Jones.
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package com.opencsv.exceptions;

/**
 * This exception is thrown when logical connections between data fields would
 * be violated by the imported data.
 * <p>This can be for constraints like making certain a number is in a certain
 * range, or it can even be thrown by code using opencsv when constraints
 * outside of opencsv would be violated. An example of the latter is importing
 * into a database when one of the field in the CSV is supposed to contain the
 * primary key for a foreign table, but the foreign key cannot be satisfied.</p>
 * <p>This exception is not currently used by opencsv itself, since opencsv has
 * no concept of what data consistency means in the context of the application
 * using it. It is meant more for custom converters.</p>
 *
 * @author Andrew Rucker Jones
 * @since 3.8
 */
public class CsvConstraintViolationException extends CsvFieldAssignmentException {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    private transient final Object sourceObject;

    /**
     * Default constructor, in case no further information is necessary or
     * available.
     */
    public CsvConstraintViolationException() {
        sourceObject = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for setting the source object that triggered the constraint
     * violation.
     *
     * @param sourceObject The offending source object
     */
    public CsvConstraintViolationException(Object sourceObject) {
        this.sourceObject = sourceObject;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor with a simple text.
     *
     * @param message Human-readable error text
     */
    public CsvConstraintViolationException(String message) {
        super(message);
        sourceObject = null;
    }

    /**
     * Constructor for setting the source object and an error message.
     *
     * @param sourceObject The offending source object
     * @param message      Human-readable error text
     */
    public CsvConstraintViolationException(Object sourceObject, String message) {
        super(message);
        this.sourceObject = sourceObject;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the object that would have caused a constraint violation.
     * {@code sourceObject} is marked {@code transient}, because
     * {@link java.lang.Object} is not {@link java.io.Serializable}. If
     * for any reason this exception is serialized and deserialized, this method
     * will subsequently return {@code null}.
     * 
     * @return The source object that triggered the constraint violation
     */
    public Object getSourceObject() {
        return sourceObject;
    }
}