public String getMessage() {
    if (!specialConstructor) {
      return super.getMessage();
    }
    StringBuffer expected = new StringBuffer();
    int maxSize = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < expectedTokenSequences.length; i++) {
      if (maxSize < expectedTokenSequences[i].length) {
        maxSize = expectedTokenSequences[i].length;
      }
      for (int j = 0; j < expectedTokenSequences[i].length; j++) {
        expected.append(tokenImage[expectedTokenSequences[i][j]]).append(' ');
      }
      if (expectedTokenSequences[i][expectedTokenSequences[i].length - 1] != 0) {
        expected.append("...");
      }
      expected.append(eol).append("    ");
    }
    String retval = "Encountered \"";
    Token tok = currentToken.next;
    for (int i = 0; i < maxSize; i++) {
      if (i != 0) retval += " ";
      if (tok.kind == 0) {
        retval += tokenImage[0];
        break;
      }
      retval += " " + tokenImage[tok.kind];
      retval += " \"";
      retval += add_escapes(tok.image);
      retval += " \"";
      tok = tok.next; 
    }
    retval += "\" at line " + currentToken.next.beginLine + ", column " + currentToken.next.beginColumn;
    retval += "." + eol;
    if (expectedTokenSequences.length == 1) {
      retval += "Was expecting:" + eol + "    ";
    } else {
      retval += "Was expecting one of:" + eol + "    ";
    }
    retval += expected.toString();
    return retval;
  }