org.geotools.coverage.io
Class AmbiguousMetadataException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.io.IOException
              javax.imageio.IIOException
                  org.geotools.coverage.io.MetadataException
                      org.geotools.coverage.io.AmbiguousMetadataException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class AmbiguousMetadataException

extends MetadataException

Thrown when one or more metadata have ambiguous values. This exception is typically thrown when a metadata is defined twice with different values. It may also be thrown if a metadata can be computed from other metadata, but their values are inconsistent.

Since:

2.2

Version:

$Id: AmbiguousMetadataException.java 17672 2006-01-19 00:25:55Z desruisseaux $

Author:

Martin Desruisseaux

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AmbiguousMetadataException(java.lang.String message, MetadataBuilder.Key key, java.lang.String alias)
Constructs an exception with the specified message.

Methods inherited from class org.geotools.coverage.io.MetadataException

getMetadataAlias, getMetadataKey, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AmbiguousMetadataException

public AmbiguousMetadataException(java.lang.String message,
                                  MetadataBuilder.Key key,
                                  java.lang.String alias)

Constructs an exception with the specified message. This exception is usually raised because different values was found for the key .

Parameters:

message - The message. If , a message will be constructed from the alias.

key - The metadata key which was the cause for this exception, or if none. This is a format neutral key, for example MetadataBuilder.DATUM.

alias - The alias used for for the key , or if none. This is usually the name used in the external file parsed.