[PLUTO-519] Better error msg on invalid event payload class

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: portal driver
• Assignee: Ate Douma
• Reporter: Antony Stubbs
• Created: 31/Oct/08 16:57
• Updated: 07/Apr/09 02:38
• Resolved: 07/Apr/09 02:38

Description

pretty self explanatory, see the patch

--- a/pluto-portal-driver-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/driver/services/container/EventProviderImpl.java
+++ b/pluto-portal-driver-impl/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/driver/services/container/EventProviderImpl.java
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ public class EventProviderImpl implements org.apache.pluto.spi.EventProvider,

                        if (value != null && !isValueInstanceOfDefinedClass(qname, value))
                                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                                               "Payload has not the right class");
+                                               "Payload class (" +
+                                       value.getClass().getCanonicalName() +
+                                       ") does not have right class, check your defined event types in portlet.xml.");

                        try {

It would be better to list out the allowed types, but that's a little more code than this, and it'll point the user in the right direction.