gcc/libjava/classpath/java/security/PrivilegedActionException.java
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/* PrivilegedActionException.java -- wrap an exception in a privileged action
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package java.security;
/**
* This exception is thrown when an exception is thrown during a
* privileged action being performed with the
* <code>AccessController.doPrivileged()</code> method. It wraps the
* actual exception thrown in the privileged code.
*
* @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
* @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
* @see PrivilegedExceptionAction
* @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction)
* @see AccessController#doPrivileged(PrivilegedExceptionAction, AccessControlContext)
* @status updated to 1.4
*/
public class PrivilegedActionException extends Exception
{
/**
* Compatible with JDK 1.1+.
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 4724086851538908602L;
/**
* This is the actual exception that occurred.
*
* @serial the wrapped exception
*/
private Exception exception;
/**
* Create a new instance that wraps the specified <code>Exception</code>.
*
* @param e the <code>Exception</code> to wrap
*/
public PrivilegedActionException(Exception e)
{
super(e);
exception = e;
}
/**
* Get the underlying <code>Exception</code> that caused this one. This
* is a legacy method, the preferred way is {@link #getCause()}.
*
* @return the cause
*/
public Exception getException()
{
return exception;
}
/**
* Gets the cause of this exception.
*
* @return the cause
* @since 1.4
*/
public Throwable getCause()
{
return exception;
}
/**
* Convert this to a String.
*
* @return the string representation
*/
public String toString()
{
return super.toString();
}
}