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package java.security;

/**

 * This exception is thrown by

 * <code>doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)</code> and

 * <code>doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,

 * AccessControlContext context)</code> to indicate

 * that the action being performed threw a checked exception.  The exception

 * thrown by the action can be obtained by calling the

 * <code>getException</code> method.  In effect, an

 * <code>PrivilegedActionException</code> is a "wrapper"

 * for an exception thrown by a privileged action.

 *

 * <p>As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to

 * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism.  The "exception thrown

 * by the privileged computation" that is provided at construction time and

 * accessed via the {@link #getException()} method is now known as the

 * <i>cause</i>, and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()}

 * method, as well as the aforementioned "legacy method."

 *

 * @see PrivilegedExceptionAction

 * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)

 * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,AccessControlContext)

 */

public class PrivilegedActionException extends Exception {

    // use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.2.2 for interoperability

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4724086851538908602L;

    /**

     * @serial

     */

    private Exception exception;

    /**

     * Constructs a new PrivilegedActionException "wrapping"

     * the specific Exception.

     *

     * @param exception The exception thrown

     */

    public PrivilegedActionException(Exception exception) {

        super((Throwable)null);  // Disallow initCause

        this.exception = exception;

    }

    /**

     * Returns the exception thrown by the privileged computation that

     * resulted in this <code>PrivilegedActionException</code>.

     *

     * <p>This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility.

     * The {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of

     * obtaining this information.

     *

     * @return the exception thrown by the privileged computation that

     *         resulted in this <code>PrivilegedActionException</code>.

     * @see PrivilegedExceptionAction

     * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)

     * @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction,

     *                                            AccessControlContext)

     */

    public Exception getException() {

        return exception;

    }

    /**

     * the privileged computation that resulted in this

     * <code>PrivilegedActionException</code>).

     *

     * @return  the cause of this exception.

     * @since   1.4

     */

    public Throwable getCause() {

        return exception;

    }

    public String toString() {

        String s = getClass().getName();

        return (exception != null) ? (s + ": " + exception.toString()) : s;

    }

}