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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package java.lang;
+
+/**
+ * The class {@code Exception} and its subclasses are a form of
+ * {@code Throwable} that indicates conditions that a reasonable
+ * application might want to catch.
+ *
+ * <p>The class {@code Exception} and any subclasses that are not also
+ * subclasses of {@link RuntimeException} are <em>checked
+ * exceptions</em>.  Checked exceptions need to be declared in a
+ * method or constructor's {@code throws} clause if they can be thrown
+ * by the execution of the method or constructor and propagate outside
+ * the method or constructor boundary.
+ *
+ * @author  Frank Yellin
+ * @see     java.lang.Error
+ * @jls 11.2 Compile-Time Checking of Exceptions
+ * @since   1.0
+ */
+public class Exception extends Throwable {
+    static final long serialVersionUID = -3387516993124229948L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with {@code null} as its detail message.
+     * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a
+     * call to {@link #initCause}.
+     */
+    public Exception() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message.  The
+     * cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by
+     * a call to {@link #initCause}.
+     *
+     * @param   message   the detail message. The detail message is saved for
+     *          later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
+     */
+    public Exception(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and
+     * cause.  <p>Note that the detail message associated with
+     * {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
+     * this exception's detail message.
+     *
+     * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
+     *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
+     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
+     *         unknown.)
+     * @since  1.4
+     */
+    public Exception(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail
+     * message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which
+     * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).
+     * This constructor is useful for exceptions that are little more than
+     * wrappers for other throwables (for example, {@link
+     * java.security.PrivilegedActionException}).
+     *
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
+     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
+     *         unknown.)
+     * @since  1.4
+     */
+    public Exception(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message,
+     * cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack
+     * trace enabled or disabled.
+     *
+     * @param  message the detail message.
+     * @param cause the cause.  (A {@code null} value is permitted,
+     * and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
+     * @param enableSuppression whether or not suppression is enabled
+     *                          or disabled
+     * @param writableStackTrace whether or not the stack trace should
+     *                           be writable
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    protected Exception(String message, Throwable cause,
+                        boolean enableSuppression,
+                        boolean writableStackTrace) {
+        super(message, cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace);
+    }
+}