libjava/classpath/javax/management/MBeanException.java

   1 /* MBeanException.java -- A user-defined management exception.
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  37
  38 package javax.management;
  39
  40 /**
  41  * Represents an arbitrary exception thrown by a management
  42  * bean.  When a management bean executes code that causes
  43  * an exception to be thrown, the resulting exception is
  44  * wrapped inside an {@link MBeanException}.  Calling
  45  * {@link getTargetException()} will return the wrapped
  46  * exception.
  47  *
  48  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  49  * @since 1.5
  50  */
  51 public class MBeanException
  52   extends JMException
  53 {
  54
  55   /**
  56    * Compatible with JDK 1.5
  57    */
  58   private static final long serialVersionUID = 4066342430588744142L;
  59
  60   /* Sun re-implemented causality -- don't know why, but
  61      serialization demands we do too... */
  62
  63   /**
  64    * The target exception.
  65    *
  66    * @serial the target exception.
  67    */
  68   private Exception exception;
  69
  70   /**
  71    * Constructs a new <code>MBeanException</code> wrapping
  72    * the specified exception.
  73    *
  74    * @param e the exception to be wrapped.
  75    */
  76   public MBeanException(Exception e)
  77   {
  78     super();
  79     exception = e;
  80   }
  81
  82   /**
  83    * Constructs a new <code>MBeanException</code> wrapping
  84    * the specified exception and using the supplied message.
  85    *
  86    * @param e the exception to be wrapped.
  87    * @param message the error message to give to the user.
  88    */
  89   public MBeanException(Exception e, String message)
  90   {
  91     super(message);
  92     exception = e;
  93   }
  94
  95   /**
  96    * Returns the true cause of this exception, the wrapped
  97    * exception.
  98    *
  99    * @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 }