com.atlassian.jira.plugin.user
Interface WebErrorMessage

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebErrorMessageImpl

@PublicApi
public interface WebErrorMessage

Interface to be used with user management plugin points to encapsulate error messages and a useful information for displaying those error messages to a user. An error message should contain a full sentence returned by getDescription(), a short snippet of a message to serve as a summary of the error message, and optionally a URI to link to further information when only the snippet is presented to the user.

Since:

v6.0

Method Summary

String	getDescription() Returns a message containing the reason an error message has been generated.
String	getSnippet() Returns a short form of the error message that getDescription would provide.
URI	getURI() Returns a URI that can be used to direct users to pages with more information that can be tied to the snippet

Method Detail

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns a message containing the reason an error message has been generated.

Returns:

an error message; must not be null

getSnippet

String getSnippet()

Returns a short form of the error message that getDescription would provide.

Returns:

short form representation of getDescription; must not be null

getURI

URI getURI()

Returns a URI that can be used to direct users to pages with more information that can be tied to the snippet

Returns:

a uri, or null if none is available