public ValidationEventImpl(int _severity,
    String _message,
    ValidationEventLocator _locator) 
{
        this(_severity,_message,_locator,null);
}

Create a new ValidationEventImpl.

Parameters:

_severity - The severity value for this event. Must be one of ValidationEvent.WARNING, ValidationEvent.ERROR, or ValidationEvent.FATAL_ERROR

_message - The text message for this event - may be null.

_locator - The locator object for this event - may be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an illegal severity field is supplied

 public ValidationEventImpl(int _severity,
    String _message,
    ValidationEventLocator _locator,
    Throwable _linkedException) 
{
        setSeverity( _severity );
        this.message = _message;
        this.locator = _locator;
        this.linkedException = _linkedException;
}

Create a new ValidationEventImpl.

Parameters:

_severity - The severity value for this event. Must be one of ValidationEvent.WARNING, ValidationEvent.ERROR, or ValidationEvent.FATAL_ERROR

_message - The text message for this event - may be null.

_locator - The locator object for this event - may be null.

_linkedException - An optional linked exception that may provide additional information about the event - may be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an illegal severity field is supplied

 public Throwable getLinkedException() 
{
        return linkedException;
}

 public ValidationEventLocator getLocator() 
{
        return locator;
}

 public String getMessage() 
{
        return message;
}

 public int getSeverity() 
{
        return severity;
}

 public  void setLinkedException(Throwable _linkedException) 
{
        this.linkedException = _linkedException;
}

Set the linked exception field of this event.

 public  void setLocator(ValidationEventLocator _locator) 
{
        this.locator = _locator;
}

Set the locator object for this event.

 public  void setMessage(String _message) 
{
        this.message = _message;
}

Set the message field of this event.

 public  void setSeverity(int _severity) 
{
        if( _severity != ValidationEvent.WARNING &&
            _severity != ValidationEvent.ERROR &&
            _severity != ValidationEvent.FATAL_ERROR ) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    Messages.format( Messages.ILLEGAL_SEVERITY ) );
        }
        this.severity = _severity;
}

Set the severity field of this event.

 public String toString() 
{
        String s;
        switch(getSeverity()) {
        case WARNING:   s="WARNING";break;
        case ERROR: s="ERROR";break;
        case FATAL_ERROR: s="FATAL_ERROR";break;
        default: s=String.valueOf(getSeverity());break;
        }
        return MessageFormat.format("[severity={0},message={1},locator={2}]",
            new Object[]{
                s,
                getMessage(),
                getLocator()
            });
}

Returns a string representation of this object in a format helpful to debugging.