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+/*
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+
+package java.lang.reflect;
+
+/**
+ * InvocationTargetException is a checked exception that wraps
+ * an exception thrown by an invoked method or constructor.
+ *
+ * <p>As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to
+ * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism.  The "target exception"
+ * that is provided at construction time and accessed via the
+ * {@link #getTargetException()} 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 Method
+ * @see Constructor
+ * @since 1.1
+ */
+public class InvocationTargetException extends ReflectiveOperationException {
+    /**
+     * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4085088731926701167L;
+
+     /**
+     * This field holds the target if the
+     * InvocationTargetException(Throwable target) constructor was
+     * used to instantiate the object
+     *
+     * @serial
+     *
+     */
+    private Throwable target;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs an {@code InvocationTargetException} with
+     * {@code null} as the target exception.
+     */
+    protected InvocationTargetException() {
+        super((Throwable)null);  // Disallow initCause
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception.
+     *
+     * @param target the target exception
+     */
+    public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target) {
+        super((Throwable)null);  // Disallow initCause
+        this.target = target;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a InvocationTargetException with a target exception
+     * and a detail message.
+     *
+     * @param target the target exception
+     * @param s      the detail message
+     */
+    public InvocationTargetException(Throwable target, String s) {
+        super(s, null);  // Disallow initCause
+        this.target = target;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the thrown target exception.
+     *
+     * <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 thrown target exception (cause of this exception).
+     */
+    public Throwable getTargetException() {
+        return target;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the cause of this exception (the thrown target exception,
+     * which may be {@code null}).
+     *
+     * @return  the cause of this exception.
+     * @since   1.4
+     */
+    public Throwable getCause() {
+        return target;
+    }
+}