SWF-752 - FacesMessage.SEVERITY_FATAL does not propagate through FlowFacesContext

spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/message/MessageBuilder.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;
  * </code>
  * </p>
  * @author Keith Donald
+ * @author Jeremy Grelle
  */
 public class MessageBuilder {
 
@@ -78,6 +79,15 @@ public class MessageBuilder {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Records that the message being built is a fatal message.
+	 * @return this, for fluent API usage
+	 */
+	public MessageBuilder fatal() {
+		severity = Severity.FATAL;
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Records that the message being built is against the provided source.
 	 * @param source the source generating the message

spring-binding/src/main/java/org/springframework/binding/message/Severity.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.enums.StaticLabeledEnum;
  * Enum exposing supported message severities.
  * 
  * @author Keith Donald
+ * @author Jeremy Grelle
  * @see Message
  */
 public class Severity extends StaticLabeledEnum {
@@ -37,10 +38,15 @@ public class Severity extends StaticLabeledEnum {
 	public static final Severity WARNING = new Severity(1, "Warning");
 
 	/**
-	 * THe "Error" severity. Used to indicate a significant problem like a business rule violation.
+	 * The "Error" severity. Used to indicate a significant problem like a business rule violation.
 	 */
 	public static final Severity ERROR = new Severity(2, "Error");
 
+	/**
+	 * The "Fatal" severity. Used to indicate a fatal problem like a system error.
+	 */
+	public static final Severity FATAL = new Severity(3, "Fatal");
+
 	private Severity(int code, String label) {
 		super(code, label);
 	}