jdk/src/share/classes/java/lang/Exception.java
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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 1994, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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 *
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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 *
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 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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 * accompanied this code).
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 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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 * questions.
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 */
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package java.lang;
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/**
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 * The class {@code Exception} and its subclasses are a form of
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 * {@code Throwable} that indicates conditions that a reasonable
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 * application might want to catch.
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 *
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 * <p>The class {@code Exception} and any subclasses that are not also
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 * subclasses of {@link RuntimeException} are <em>checked
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 * exceptions</em>.  Checked exceptions need to be declared in a
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 * method or constructor's {@code throws} clause if they can be thrown
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 * by the execution of the method or constructor and propagate outside
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 * the method or constructor boundary.
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 *
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 * @author  Frank Yellin
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 * @see     java.lang.Error
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 * @jls3 11.2 Compile-Time Checking of Exceptions
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 * @since   JDK1.0
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 */
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public class Exception extends Throwable {
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    static final long serialVersionUID = -3387516993124229948L;
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    /**
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     * Constructs a new exception with {@code null} as its detail message.
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     * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a
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     * call to {@link #initCause}.
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     */
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    public Exception() {
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        super();
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    }
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    /**
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     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message.  The
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     * cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by
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     * a call to {@link #initCause}.
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     *
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     * @param   message   the detail message. The detail message is saved for
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     *          later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
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     */
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    public Exception(String message) {
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        super(message);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and
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     * cause.  <p>Note that the detail message associated with
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     * {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
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     * this exception's detail message.
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     *
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     * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
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     *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
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     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
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     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
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     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
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     *         unknown.)
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     * @since  1.4
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     */
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    public Exception(String message, Throwable cause) {
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        super(message, cause);
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    }
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    /**
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     * Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail
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     * message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which
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     * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).
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     * This constructor is useful for exceptions that are little more than
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     * wrappers for other throwables (for example, {@link
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     * java.security.PrivilegedActionException}).
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     *
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     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
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     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
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     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
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     *         unknown.)
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     * @since  1.4
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     */
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    public Exception(Throwable cause) {
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        super(cause);
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    }
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}