From 304d6c29e400a5898878df0045411c213a85170b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Schaub <vanitasvitae@fsfe.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 19:41:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Throw detailled error message when bad data is encountered

---
 .../src/main/java/pgp/cert_d/FilenameResolver.java           | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pgp-cert-d-java/src/main/java/pgp/cert_d/FilenameResolver.java b/pgp-cert-d-java/src/main/java/pgp/cert_d/FilenameResolver.java
index 81ffc86..d27fce9 100644
--- a/pgp-cert-d-java/src/main/java/pgp/cert_d/FilenameResolver.java
+++ b/pgp-cert-d-java/src/main/java/pgp/cert_d/FilenameResolver.java
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ public class FilenameResolver {
      *
      * @throws BadNameException in case the given special name is not known
      */
-    public File getCertFileBySpecialName(String specialName) throws BadNameException {
+    public File getCertFileBySpecialName(String specialName)
+            throws BadNameException {
         if (!isSpecialName(specialName)) {
-            throw new BadNameException();
+            throw new BadNameException(String.format("%s is not a known special name", specialName));
         }
 
         return new File(getBaseDirectory(), specialName);