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package org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval;

/**
 * This class is used to simplify error handling logic <i>within</i> operator and function
 * implementations.   Note - <tt>OperationEval.evaluate()</tt> and <tt>Function.evaluate()</tt>
 * method signatures do not throw this exception so it cannot propagate outside.<p>
 * 
 * Here is an example coded without <tt>EvaluationException</tt>, to show how it can help:
 * <pre>
 * public Eval evaluate(Eval[] args, int srcRow, short srcCol) {
 *   // ...
 *   Eval arg0 = args[0];
 *   if(arg0 instanceof ErrorEval) {
 *      return arg0;
 *   }
 *   if(!(arg0 instanceof AreaEval)) {
 *      return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;
 *   }
 *   double temp = 0;
 *   AreaEval area = (AreaEval)arg0;
 *   ValueEval[] values = area.getValues();
 *   for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
 *      ValueEval ve = values[i];
 *      if(ve instanceof ErrorEval) {
 *         return ve;
 *      }
 *      if(!(ve instanceof NumericValueEval)) {
 *         return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;
 *      }
 *      temp += ((NumericValueEval)ve).getNumberValue();
 *   }
 *   // ...
 * }    
 * </pre>
 * In this example, if any error is encountered while processing the arguments, an error is 
 * returned immediately. This code is difficult to refactor due to all the points where errors
 * are returned.<br>
 * Using <tt>EvaluationException</tt> allows the error returning code to be consolidated to one
 * place.<p>
 * <pre>
 * public Eval evaluate(Eval[] args, int srcRow, short srcCol) {
 *   try {
 *      // ...
 *      AreaEval area = getAreaArg(args[0]);
 *      double temp = sumValues(area.getValues());
 *      // ...
 *   } catch (EvaluationException e) {
 *      return e.getErrorEval();
 *   }
 *}
 *
 *private static AreaEval getAreaArg(Eval arg0) throws EvaluationException {
 *   if (arg0 instanceof ErrorEval) {
 *      throw new EvaluationException((ErrorEval) arg0);
 *   }
 *   if (arg0 instanceof AreaEval) {
 *      return (AreaEval) arg0;
 *   }
 *   throw EvaluationException.invalidValue();
 *}
 *
 *private double sumValues(ValueEval[] values) throws EvaluationException {
 *   double temp = 0;
 *   for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
 *      ValueEval ve = values[i];
 *      if (ve instanceof ErrorEval) {
 *         throw new EvaluationException((ErrorEval) ve);
 *      }
 *      if (!(ve instanceof NumericValueEval)) {
 *         throw EvaluationException.invalidValue();
 *      }
 *      temp += ((NumericValueEval) ve).getNumberValue();
 *   }
 *   return temp;
 *}
 * </pre>   
 * It is not mandatory to use EvaluationException, doing so might give the following advantages:<br>
 *  - Methods can more easily be extracted, allowing for re-use.<br>
 *  - Type management (typecasting etc) is simpler because error conditions have been separated from
 * intermediate calculation values.<br>
 *  - Fewer local variables are required. Local variables can have stronger types.<br>
 *  - It is easier to mimic common Excel error handling behaviour (exit upon encountering first 
 *  error), because exceptions conveniently propagate up the call stack regardless of execution 
 *  points or the number of levels of nested calls.<p>
 *  
 * <b>Note</b> - Only standard evaluation errors are represented by <tt>EvaluationException</tt> (
 * i.e. conditions expected to be encountered when evaluating arbitrary Excel formulas). Conditions
 * that could never occur in an Excel spreadsheet should result in runtime exceptions. Care should
 * be taken to not translate any POI internal error into an Excel evaluation error code.   
 * 
 * @author Josh Micich
 */
public final class EvaluationException extends Exception {
    private final ErrorEval _errorEval;

    public EvaluationException(ErrorEval errorEval) {
        _errorEval = errorEval;
    }
    // some convenience factory methods

    /** <b>#VALUE!</b> - Wrong type of operand */
    public static EvaluationException invalidValue() {
        return new EvaluationException(ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID);
    }

    /** <b>#REF!</b> - Illegal or deleted cell reference */
    public static EvaluationException invalidRef() {
        return new EvaluationException(ErrorEval.REF_INVALID);
    }

    /** <b>#NUM!</b> - Value range overflow */
    public static EvaluationException numberError() {
        return new EvaluationException(ErrorEval.NUM_ERROR);
    }

    public ErrorEval getErrorEval() {
        return _errorEval;
    }
}