Improve exception message in rare cases

VEuPathDB · Aug 21, 2024 · c6eeee2 · c6eeee2
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diff --git a/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/WdkModelException.java b/Model/src/main/java/org/gusdb/wdk/model/WdkModelException.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public static WdkModelException translateFrom(Exception e) {
   }
 
   public static WdkModelException translateFrom(Exception e, String newMessage) {
+    // if passed message is null, use name of original exception
+    if (newMessage == null) newMessage = e.getClass().getSimpleName();
     // if exception is already a WdkModelException, simply return
     if (e instanceof WdkModelException) return (WdkModelException)e;
     // check underlying exception; a WdkModelException may simply have been wrapped