Author: thorsten
Date: Thu Aug 3 08:21:03 2006
New Revision: 428422
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=428422&view=rev
Log:
Enhancing error message, giving instructions how to fix the problem.
Modified:
forrest/trunk/main/java/org/apache/forrest/conf/ForrestConfModule.java
Modified: forrest/trunk/main/java/org/apache/forrest/conf/ForrestConfModule.java
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/main/java/org/apache/forrest/conf/ForrestConfModule.java?rev=428422&r1=428421&r2=428422&view=diff
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--- forrest/trunk/main/java/org/apache/forrest/conf/ForrestConfModule.java
(original)
+++ forrest/trunk/main/java/org/apache/forrest/conf/ForrestConfModule.java Thu
Aug 3 08:21:03 2006
@@ -74,7 +74,19 @@
original = "(not defined in forrest.xconf)";
attributeValue = filteringProperties.getProperty(name);
if (attributeValue == null) {
- throw new ConfigurationException("Unable to get attribute
value for " + name);
+ String error = "Unable to get attribute value for "
+ + name
+ + "\n"
+ + "Please make sure you defined "
+ + name
+ + " in forrest.properties.xml either in $PROJECT_HOME "
+ + "or in the default.forrest.properties.xml of the plugin "
+ + "that is requesting this property."
+ + "\n"
+ + "If you see this message, most of the time you spotted a
plugin bug "
+ + "(forget to define the default property). Please report
it to our mailing list.";
+ throw new ConfigurationException(
+ error);
}
}
