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Oracle® XML API Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part No. B10789-01 |
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## XPathException Interface

Table 20-6 summarizes the methods of available through the `XPathException` interface.

Table 20-6 Summary of XPathException Methods; XPath Package

Function | Summary
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getCode | Get Oracle XML error code embedded in the exception.
getMesLang | Get current language (encoding) of error messages.
getMessage | Get Oracle XML error message.
getXPathCode | Get XPath exception code embedded in the exception.

### getCode

Virtual member function inherited from `XmlException`.

Syntax

    virtual unsigned getCode() const = 0;

Returns

`(unsigned)` numeric error code (0 on success)

### getMesLang

Virtual member function inherited from `XmlException`.

Syntax

    virtual oratext* getMesLang() const = 0;

Returns

`(oratext*)` Current language (encoding) of error messages

### getMessage

Virtual member function inherited from `XmlException`.

Syntax

    virtual oratext* getMessage() const = 0;

Returns

`(oratext *)` Error message

### getXPathCode

This is a virtual member function that defines a prototype for implementation defined member functions returning XPath processor and compiler exception codes, defined in XPathExceptionCode, of the exceptional situations during execution.

Syntax

    virtual XPathExceptionCode getXPathCode() const = 0;

Returns

`(XPathExceptionCode)` exception code