source: trunk/gcc/libjava/java/lang/reflect/UndeclaredThrowableException.java

/* UndeclaredThrowableException.java -- wraps an undeclared checked exception
   thrown by a Proxy invocation handler
   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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package java.lang.reflect;

/**
 * This exception class is thrown by a {@link Proxy} instance if
 * the {@link InvocationHandler#invoke(Object, Method, Object[]) invoke}
 * method of that instance's InvocationHandler attempts to throw an
 * exception that not declared by the throws clauses of all of the
 * interface methods that the proxy instance is implementing.
 *
 * <p>When thrown by Proxy, this class will always wrap a checked
 * exception, never {@link Error} or {@link RuntimeException},
 * which are unchecked.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
 * @see Proxy
 * @see InvocationHandler
 * @since 1.3
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class UndeclaredThrowableException extends RuntimeException
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.3+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 330127114055056639L;

  /**
   * The immutable exception that this wraps. This field is redundant
   * with {@link Throwable#cause}, but is necessary for serial compatibility.
   *
   * @serial the chained exception
   */
  private final Throwable undeclaredThrowable;

  /**
   * Wraps the given checked exception into a RuntimeException, with no
   * detail message.  {@link Throwable#initCause(Throwable)} will fail
   * on this instance.
   *
   * @param cause the undeclared throwable that caused this exception,
   *        may be null
   */
  public UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable cause)
  {
    this(cause, null);
  }

  /**
   * Wraps the given checked exception into a RuntimeException, with the
   * specified detail message.  {@link Throwable#initCause(Throwable)} will
   * fail on this instance.
   *
   * @param cause the undeclared throwable that caused this exception,
   *        may be null
   * @param message the message, may be null
   */
  public UndeclaredThrowableException(Throwable cause, String message)
  {
    super(message, cause);
    undeclaredThrowable = cause;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the cause of this exception.  If this exception was created
   * by a {@link Proxy} instance, it will be a non-null checked
   * exception.  This method pre-dates exception chaining, and is now
   * simply a longer way to call <code>getCause()</code>.
   *
   * @return the cause of this exception, may be null
   * @see #getCause()
   */
  public Throwable getUndeclaredThrowable()
  {
    return undeclaredThrowable;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the cause of this exception.  If this exception was created
   * by a {@link Proxy} instance, it will be a non-null checked
   * exception.
   *
   * @return the cause of this exception, may be null
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public Throwable getCause()
  {
    return undeclaredThrowable;
  }
}