[SANTUARIO-297] Exceptions should use a JDK exception cause mechanism

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Java 1.5
• Fix Version/s: Java 1.5.1
• Component/s: Java
• Security Level: Public (Public issues, viewable by everyone)
• Assignee: Colm O hEigeartaigh
• Reporter: Giedrius Noreikis
• Created: 06/Feb/12 01:45
• Updated: 24/Feb/12 11:52
• Resolved: 06/Feb/12 10:28

Description

Is there any reason why all org.apache.xml.security.** exceptions still use own "originalException" field to indicate a cause instead of a standard JDK mechanism? Since Throwable.getCause() returns null in this case, this complicates exception handling when a root cause needs to be determined.

Interestingly, this was fixed many years ago in r350797 and then rolled back (because a compatibility with JDK 1.3 was required, I guess). However, since the 1.5.0 release requires JDK 1.5, for me it seems logical to make some refactorings to get rid of this relic.