001    /* ReflectionException.java -- A reflection-based management exception.
002       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
003    
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037    
038    package javax.management;
039    
040    /**
041     * Represents one of the reflection exceptions thrown by a
042     * management bean.  When a management bean tries to perform
043     * a lookup using the reflection API and encounters an exception,
044     * it gets wrapped inside an {@link ReflectionException}.
045     * Calling {@link getTargetException()} will return the wrapped
046     * exception.
047     *
048     * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
049     * @since 1.5
050     */
051    public class ReflectionException
052      extends JMException
053    {
054    
055      /**
056       * Compatible with JDK 1.5
057       */
058      private static final long serialVersionUID = 9170809325636915553L;
059    
060      /* Sun re-implemented causality -- don't know why, but
061         serialization demands we do too... */
062    
063      /**
064       * The target exception.
065       *
066       * @serial the target exception.
067       */
068      private Exception exception;
069    
070      /**
071       * Constructs a new <code>ReflectionException</code> wrapping
072       * the specified exception.
073       *
074       * @param e the exception to be wrapped.
075       */
076      public ReflectionException(Exception e)
077      {
078        super();
079        exception = e;
080      }
081    
082      /**
083       * Constructs a new <code>ReflectionException</code> wrapping
084       * the specified exception and using the supplied message.
085       *
086       * @param e the exception to be wrapped.
087       * @param message the error message to give to the user.
088       */
089      public ReflectionException(Exception e, String message)
090      {
091        super(message);
092        exception = e;
093      }
094    
095      /**
096       * Returns the true cause of this exception, the wrapped
097       * exception.
098       *
099       * @return the wrapped exception.
100       */
101      public Throwable getCause()
102      {
103        return exception;
104      }
105    
106      /**
107       * Returns the true cause of this exception, the wrapped
108       * exception.
109       *
110       * @return the wrapped exception.
111       */
112      public Exception getTargetException()
113      {
114        return exception;
115      }
116    
117    }
118