1 /* 2 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.commons.convert; 17 18 /** 19 * ConversionException is used when a conversion has failed for some reason. 20 * 21 * @author Craig McClanahan 22 * @author Paulo Gaspar 23 * @author Stephen Colebourne 24 * @version $Id: ConversionException.java 155441 2005-02-26 13:19:22Z dirkv $ 25 * @since 1.0 26 */ 27 public class ConversionException extends IllegalArgumentException { 28 29 /** 30 * The root cause of this <code>ConversionException</code>, compatible with 31 * JDK 1.4's extensions to <code>java.lang.Throwable</code>. 32 */ 33 protected Throwable cause; 34 35 /** 36 * Construct a new exception with the specified message. 37 * 38 * @param message a message describing this exception 39 */ 40 public ConversionException(String message) { 41 super(message); 42 } 43 44 /** 45 * Construct a new exception with the specified root cause. 46 * 47 * @param cause the root cause of this exception 48 */ 49 public ConversionException(Throwable cause) { 50 super(cause.getMessage()); 51 this.cause = cause; 52 } 53 54 /** 55 * Construct a new exception with the specified message and root cause. 56 * 57 * @param message a message describing this exception 58 * @param cause the root cause of this exception 59 */ 60 public ConversionException(String message, Throwable cause) { 61 super(message); 62 this.cause = cause; 63 } 64 65 /** 66 * Gets the root cause of the exception. 67 * 68 * @return the root cause 69 */ 70 public Throwable getCause() { 71 return cause; 72 } 73 74 }