-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation
+/* Exception.java -- generic exception thrown to indicate an exceptional
+ condition has occurred.
+ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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 for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
- This file is part of libgcj.
-This software is copyrighted work licensed under the terms of the
-Libgcj License. Please consult the file "LIBGCJ_LICENSE" for
-details. */
-
package java.lang;
-
+
/**
- * @author Warren Levy <warrenl@cygnus.com>
- * @date September 18, 1998.
- */
-/* Written using "Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-31002-3
- * "The Java Language Specification", ISBN 0-201-63451-1
- * plus online API docs for JDK 1.2 beta from http://www.javasoft.com.
- * Status: Believed complete and correct.
+ * The root class of all exceptions worth catching in a program. This
+ * includes the special category of <code>RuntimeException</code>, which
+ * does not need to be declared in a throws clause. Exceptions can be used
+ * to represent almost any exceptional behavior, such as programming errors,
+ * mouse movements, keyboard clicking, etc.
+ *
+ * @author Brian Jones
+ * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
+ * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
+ * @status updated to 1.4
*/
-
public class Exception extends Throwable
{
+ /**
+ * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
+ */
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = -3387516993124229948L;
+
+ /**
+ * Create an exception without a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
+ *
+ * @see #initCause(Throwable)
+ */
public Exception()
{
- super();
}
- public Exception(String msg)
+ /**
+ * Create an exception with a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
+ *
+ * @param s the message
+ * @see #initCause(Throwable)
+ */
+ public Exception(String s)
+ {
+ super(s);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Create an exception with a message and a cause.
+ *
+ * @param s the message string
+ * @param cause the cause of this error
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+ public Exception(String s, Throwable cause)
+ {
+ super(s, cause);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Create an exception with a given cause, and a message of
+ * <code>cause == null ? null : cause.toString()</code>.
+ *
+ * @param cause the cause of this exception
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+ public Exception(Throwable cause)
{
- super(msg);
+ super(cause);
}
}