001 /* Exception.java -- generic exception thrown to indicate an exceptional
002 condition has occurred.
003 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
004
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038
039
040 package java.lang;
041
042 /**
043 * The root class of all exceptions worth catching in a program. This
044 * includes the special category of <code>RuntimeException</code>, which
045 * does not need to be declared in a throws clause. Exceptions can be used
046 * to represent almost any exceptional behavior, such as programming errors,
047 * mouse movements, keyboard clicking, etc.
048 *
049 * @author Brian Jones
050 * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
051 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
052 * @status updated to 1.4
053 */
054 public class Exception extends Throwable
055 {
056 /**
057 * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
058 */
059 private static final long serialVersionUID = -3387516993124229948L;
060
061 /**
062 * Create an exception without a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
063 *
064 * @see #initCause(Throwable)
065 */
066 public Exception()
067 {
068 }
069
070 /**
071 * Create an exception with a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
072 *
073 * @param s the message
074 * @see #initCause(Throwable)
075 */
076 public Exception(String s)
077 {
078 super(s);
079 }
080
081 /**
082 * Create an exception with a message and a cause.
083 *
084 * @param s the message string
085 * @param cause the cause of this error
086 * @since 1.4
087 */
088 public Exception(String s, Throwable cause)
089 {
090 super(s, cause);
091 }
092
093 /**
094 * Create an exception with a given cause, and a message of
095 * <code>cause == null ? null : cause.toString()</code>.
096 *
097 * @param cause the cause of this exception
098 * @since 1.4
099 */
100 public Exception(Throwable cause)
101 {
102 super(cause);
103 }
104 }