/*
 * @(#)NamingExceptionEvent.java	1.4 00/02/02
 *
 * Copyright 1999, 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 * 
 */

package javax.naming.event;

import javax.naming.NamingException;

/**
  * This class represents an event fired when the procedures/processes
  * used to collect information for notifying listeners of
  * <tt>NamingEvent</tt>s threw a <tt>NamingException</tt>.
  * This can happen, for example, if the server which the listener is using
  * aborts subsequent to the <tt>addNamingListener()</tt> call.
  * 
  * @author Rosanna Lee
  * @author Scott Seligman
  * @version 1.4 00/02/02
  *
  * @see NamingListener#namingExceptionThrown
  * @see EventContext
  * @since 1.3
  */

public class NamingExceptionEvent extends java.util.EventObject {
    /**
     * Contains the exception that was thrown
     * @serial
     */
    private NamingException exception;

    /**
     * Constructs an instance of <tt>NamingExceptionEvent</tt> using
     * the context in which the <tt>NamingException</tt> was thrown and the exception
     * that was thrown.
     *
     * @param source The non-null context in which the exception was thrown.
     * @param exc    The non-null <tt>NamingException</tt> that was thrown.
     *
     */
    public NamingExceptionEvent(EventContext source, NamingException exc) {
	super(source);
	exception = exc;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the exception that was thrown.
     * @return The exception that was thrown.
     */
    public NamingException getException() {
	return exception;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieves the <tt>EventContext</tt> that fired this event.
     * This returns the same object as <tt>EventObject.getSource()</tt>.
     * @return The non-null <tt>EventContext</tt> that fired this event.
     */
    public EventContext getEventContext() {
	return (EventContext)getSource();
    }

    /**
     * Invokes the <tt>namingExceptionThrown()</tt> method on
     * a listener using this event.
     * @param listener The non-null naming listener on which to invoke
     * the method.
     */
    public void dispatch(NamingListener listener) {
	listener.namingExceptionThrown(this);
    }

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4877678086134736336L;
}