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+
+package com.trilead.ssh2;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.trilead.ssh2.sftp.ErrorCodes;
+
+
+/**
+ * Used in combination with the SFTPv3Client. This exception wraps
+ * error messages sent by the SFTP server.
+ *
+ * @author Christian Plattner, plattner@trilead.com
+ * @version $Id: SFTPException.java,v 1.1 2007/10/15 12:49:56 cplattne Exp $
+ */
+
+public class SFTPException extends IOException {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 578654644222421811L;
+
+    private final String sftpErrorMessage;
+    private final int sftpErrorCode;
+
+    private static String constructMessage(String s, int errorCode) {
+        String[] detail = ErrorCodes.getDescription(errorCode);
+
+        if (detail == null)
+            return s + " (UNKNOW SFTP ERROR CODE)";
+
+        return s + " (" + detail[0] + ": " + detail[1] + ")";
+    }
+
+    SFTPException(String msg, int errorCode) {
+        super(constructMessage(msg, errorCode));
+        sftpErrorMessage = msg;
+        sftpErrorCode = errorCode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the error message sent by the server. Often, this
+     * message does not help a lot (e.g., "failure").
+     *
+     * @return the plain string as sent by the server.
+     */
+    public String getServerErrorMessage() {
+        return sftpErrorMessage;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the error code sent by the server.
+     *
+     * @return an error code as defined in the SFTP specs.
+     */
+    public int getServerErrorCode() {
+        return sftpErrorCode;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the symbolic name of the error code as given in the SFTP specs.
+     *
+     * @return e.g., "SSH_FX_INVALID_FILENAME".
+     */
+    public String getServerErrorCodeSymbol() {
+        String[] detail = ErrorCodes.getDescription(sftpErrorCode);
+
+        if (detail == null)
+            return "UNKNOW SFTP ERROR CODE " + sftpErrorCode;
+
+        return detail[0];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the description of the error code as given in the SFTP specs.
+     *
+     * @return e.g., "The filename is not valid."
+     */
+    public String getServerErrorCodeVerbose() {
+        String[] detail = ErrorCodes.getDescription(sftpErrorCode);
+
+        if (detail == null)
+            return "The error code " + sftpErrorCode + " is unknown.";
+
+        return detail[1];
+    }
+}