public Problem(String message,
    Location location) 
{
		this(message, location, null, null);
}

Create a new instance of the Problem class.

Parameters:

message - a message detailing the problem

location - the location within a bean configuration source that triggered the error

 public Problem(String message,
    Location location,
    ParseState parseState) 
{
		this(message, location, parseState, null);
}

Create a new instance of the Problem class.

Parameters:

message - a message detailing the problem

parseState - the ParseState at the time of the error

location - the location within a bean configuration source that triggered the error

 public Problem(String message,
    Location location,
    ParseState parseState,
    Throwable rootCause) 
{
		Assert.notNull(message, "Message must not be null");
		Assert.notNull(location, "Location must not be null");
		this.message = message;
		this.location = location;
		this.parseState = parseState;
		this.rootCause = rootCause;
}

Create a new instance of the Problem class.

Parameters:

message - a message detailing the problem

rootCause - the underlying expection that caused the error (may be null)

parseState - the ParseState at the time of the error

location - the location within a bean configuration source that triggered the error

 public Location getLocation() 
{
		return this.location;
}

Get the location within a bean configuration source that triggered the error.

 public String getMessage() 
{
		return this.message;
}

Get the message detailing the problem.

 public ParseState getParseState() 
{
		return this.parseState;
}

Get the ParseState at the time of the error (may be null).

 public String getResourceDescription() 
{
		return getLocation().getResource().getDescription();
}

Get the description of the bean configuration source that triggered the error, as contained within this Problem's Location object.

 public Throwable getRootCause() 
{
		return this.rootCause;
}

Get the underlying expection that caused the error (may be null).

 public String toString() 
{
		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
		sb.append("Configuration problem: ");
		sb.append(getMessage());
		sb.append("\nOffending resource: ").append(getResourceDescription());
		if (getParseState() != null) {
			sb.append('\n").append(getParseState());
		}
		return sb.toString();
}