1 /* Error.java -- Indication of fatal abnormal conditions 2 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 3 4 This file is part of GNU Classpath. 5 6 GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 9 any later version. 10 11 GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 12 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 General Public License for more details. 15 16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 17 along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the 18 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 19 02111-1307 USA. 20 21 Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is 22 making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and 23 conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole 24 combination. 25 26 As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you 27 permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an 28 executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent 29 modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under 30 terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked 31 independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that 32 module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from 33 or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend 34 this exception to your version of the library, but you are not 35 obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this 36 exception statement from your version. */ 37 38 39 package java.lang; 40 41 /** 42 * Applications should not try to catch errors since they indicate 43 * abnormal conditions. An abnormal condition is something which should not 44 * occur, or which should not be recovered from. This latter category 45 * includes <code>ThreadDeath</code> and <code>AssertionError</code>. 46 * 47 * <p>A method is not required to declare any subclass of <code>Error</code> in 48 * its <code>throws</code> clause which might be thrown but not caught while 49 * executing the method. 50 * 51 * @author Brian Jones 52 * @author Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> 53 * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu> 54 * @since 1.0 55 * @status updated to 1.4 56 */ 57 public class Error extends Throwable 58 { 59 /** 60 * Compatible with JDK 1.0+. 61 */ 62 private static final long serialVersionUID = 4980196508277280342L; 63 64 /** 65 * Create an error without a message. The cause remains uninitialized. 66 * 67 * @see #initCause(Throwable) 68 */ Error()69 public Error() 70 { 71 } 72 73 /** 74 * Create an error with a message. The cause remains uninitialized. 75 * 76 * @param s the message string 77 * @see #initCause(Throwable) 78 */ Error(String s)79 public Error(String s) 80 { 81 super(s); 82 } 83 84 /** 85 * Create an error with a message and a cause. 86 * 87 * @param s the message string 88 * @param cause the cause of this error 89 * @since 1.4 90 */ Error(String s, Throwable cause)91 public Error(String s, Throwable cause) 92 { 93 super(s, cause); 94 } 95 96 /** 97 * Create an error with a given cause, and a message of 98 * <code>cause == null ? null : cause.toString()</code>. 99 * 100 * @param cause the cause of this error 101 * @since 1.4 102 */ Error(Throwable cause)103 public Error(Throwable cause) 104 { 105 super(cause); 106 } 107 } 108