libjava/java/lang/RuntimeException.java

   1 /* RuntimeException.java -- root of all unchecked exceptions
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  37
  38
  39 package java.lang;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * All exceptions which are subclasses of <code>RuntimeException</code>
  43  * can be thrown at any time during the execution of a Java virtual machine.
  44  * Methods which throw these exceptions are not required to declare them
  45  * in their throws clause.
  46  *
  47  * @author Brian Jones
  48  * @author Warren Levy (warrenl@cygnus.com)
  49  * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
  50  * @status updated to 1.4
  51  */
  52 public class RuntimeException extends Exception
  53 {
  54   /**
  55    * Compatible with JDK 1.0+.
  56    */
  57   private static final long serialVersionUID = -7034897190745766939L;
  58
  59   /**
  60    * Create an exception without a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
  61    *
  62    * @see #initCause(Throwable)
  63    */
  64   public RuntimeException()
  65   {
  66   }
  67
  68   /**
  69    * Create an exception with a message. The cause remains uninitialized.
  70    *
  71    * @param s the message string
  72    * @see #initCause(Throwable)
  73    */
  74   public RuntimeException(String s)
  75   {
  76     super(s);
  77   }
  78
  79   /**
  80    * Create an exception with a message and a cause.
  81    *
  82    * @param s the message string
  83    * @param cause the cause of this exception
  84    * @since 1.4
  85    */
  86   public RuntimeException(String s, Throwable cause)
  87   {
  88     super(s, cause);
  89   }
  90
  91   /**
  92    * Create an exception with the given cause, and a message of
  93    * <code>cause == null ? null : cause.toString()</code>.
  94    *
  95    * @param cause the cause of this exception
  96    * @since 1.4
  97    */
  98   public RuntimeException(Throwable cause)
  99   {
 100     super(cause);
 101   }
 102 }