SPR-6941

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/ExpressionInvocationTargetException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.expression;
+
+/**
+ * This exception wraps (as cause) a checked exception thrown by some method that SpEL invokes.
+ * It differs from a SpelEvaluationException because this indicates the occurrence of a checked exception
+ * that the invoked method was defined to throw.  SpelEvaluationExceptions are for handling (and wrapping)
+ * unexpected exceptions.
+ * 
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ * @since 3.0.3
+ */
+public class ExpressionInvocationTargetException extends EvaluationException {
+
+	public ExpressionInvocationTargetException(int position, String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(position, message, cause);
+	}
+
+	public ExpressionInvocationTargetException(int position, String message) {
+		super(position, message);
+	}
+
+	public ExpressionInvocationTargetException(String expressionString, String message) {
+		super(expressionString, message);
+	}
+
+	public ExpressionInvocationTargetException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+		super(message, cause);
+	}
+
+	public ExpressionInvocationTargetException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/MethodReference.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionInvocationTargetException;
 import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
 import org.springframework.expression.MethodResolver;
 import org.springframework.expression.TypedValue;
@@ -123,8 +124,9 @@ public class MethodReference extends SpelNodeImpl {
 			if (rootCause instanceof RuntimeException) {
 				throw (RuntimeException)rootCause;
 			} else {
-				throw new SpelEvaluationException( getStartPosition(), rootCause, SpelMessage.EXCEPTION_DURING_METHOD_INVOCATION,
+				throw new ExpressionInvocationTargetException( getStartPosition(), 
-					this.name, state.getActiveContextObject().getValue().getClass().getName(), rootCause.getMessage());
+						"A problem occurred when trying to execute method '"+this.name+"' on object of type '"+state.getActiveContextObject().getValue().getClass().getName()+"'",
+						rootCause);
 			}
 		}
 	}

org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/MethodInvocationTests.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionInvocationTargetException;
 import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
 import org.springframework.expression.MethodFilter;
 import org.springframework.expression.MethodResolver;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ public class MethodInvocationTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 			Assert.fail();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			// 4 means it will throw a checked exception - this will be wrapped
-			if (!(e instanceof SpelEvaluationException)) {
+			if (!(e instanceof ExpressionInvocationTargetException)) {
 				e.printStackTrace();
 				Assert.fail("Should have been wrapped");
 			}
@@ -183,6 +184,29 @@ public class MethodInvocationTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	@Test
+	public void testMethodThrowingException_SPR6941_2() {
+		// Test method on inventor: throwException()
+		// On 1 it will throw an IllegalArgumentException
+		// On 2 it will throw a RuntimeException
+		// On 3 it will exit normally
+		// In each case it increments the Inventor field 'counter' when invoked
+		
+		SpelExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+		Expression expr = parser.parseExpression("throwException(#bar)");
+		
+		eContext.setVariable("bar",4);
+		try {
+			expr.getValue(eContext);
+			Assert.fail();
+		} catch (ExpressionInvocationTargetException e) {
+			Throwable t = e.getCause();
+			Assert.assertEquals("org.springframework.expression.spel.testresources.Inventor$TestException", t.getClass().getName());
+			return;
+		}
+		Assert.fail("Should not be a SpelEvaluationException");
+	}
+	
 	@Test
 	public void testMethodFiltering_SPR6764() {
 		SpelExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();