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+/*
+ * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun 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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.util;
+
+import java.io.NotSerializableException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown to indicate that an operation could not complete because
+ * the input did not conform to the appropriate XML document type
+ * for a collection of properties, as per the {@link Properties}
+ * specification.<p>
+ *
+ * Note, that although InvalidPropertiesFormatException inherits Serializable
+ * interface from Exception, it is not intended to be Serializable. Appropriate
+ * serialization methods are implemented to throw NotSerializableException.
+ *
+ * @see     Properties
+ * @since   1.5
+ * @serial exclude
+ */
+
+public class InvalidPropertiesFormatException extends IOException {
+    /**
+     * Constructs an InvalidPropertiesFormatException with the specified
+     * cause.
+     *
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link Throwable#getCause()} method).
+     */
+    public InvalidPropertiesFormatException(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause==null ? null : cause.toString());
+        this.initCause(cause);
+    }
+
+   /**
+    * Constructs an InvalidPropertiesFormatException with the specified
+    * detail message.
+    *
+    * @param   message   the detail message. The detail message is saved for
+    *          later retrieval by the {@link Throwable#getMessage()} method.
+    */
+    public InvalidPropertiesFormatException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Throws NotSerializableException, since InvalidPropertiesFormatException
+     * objects are not intended to be serializable.
+     */
+    private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out)
+        throws NotSerializableException
+    {
+        throw new NotSerializableException("Not serializable.");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Throws NotSerializableException, since InvalidPropertiesFormatException
+     * objects are not intended to be serializable.
+     */
+    private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in)
+        throws NotSerializableException
+    {
+        throw new NotSerializableException("Not serializable.");
+    }
+
+}