/*
 * @(#)Exception.java	1.32 05/11/17
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.lang;

/**
 * The class <code>Exception</code> and its subclasses are a form of 
 * <code>Throwable</code> that indicates conditions that a reasonable 
 * application might want to catch.
 *
 * @author  Frank Yellin
 * @version 1.32, 11/17/05
 * @see     java.lang.Error
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */
public class Exception extends Throwable {
    static final long serialVersionUID = -3387516993124229948L;

    /**
     * Constructs a new exception with <code>null</code> as its detail message.
     * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a
     * call to {@link #initCause}.
     */
    public Exception() {
	super();
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message.  The
     * cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by
     * a call to {@link #initCause}.
     *
     * @param   message   the detail message. The detail message is saved for 
     *          later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
     */
    public Exception(String message) {
	super(message);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message and
     * cause.  <p>Note that the detail message associated with
     * <code>cause</code> is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
     * this exception's detail message.
     *
     * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
     *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
     *         unknown.)
     * @since  1.4
     */
    public Exception(String message, Throwable cause) {
        super(message, cause);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail
     * message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which
     * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).
     * This constructor is useful for exceptions that are little more than
     * wrappers for other throwables (for example, {@link
     * java.security.PrivilegedActionException}).
     *
     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
     *         unknown.)
     * @since  1.4
     */
    public Exception(Throwable cause) {
        super(cause);
    }
}