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017
018
019package org.apache.commons.beanutils;
020
021
022/**
023 * <p>A <strong>ConversionException</strong> indicates that a call to
024 * <code>Converter.convert()</code> has failed to complete successfully.
025 *
026 * @since 1.3
027 * @version $Id$
028 */
029
030public class ConversionException extends RuntimeException {
031
032
033    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
034
035
036    /**
037     * Construct a new exception with the specified message.
038     *
039     * @param message The message describing this exception
040     */
041    public ConversionException(final String message) {
042
043        super(message);
044
045    }
046
047
048    /**
049     * Construct a new exception with the specified message and root cause.
050     *
051     * @param message The message describing this exception
052     * @param cause The root cause of this exception
053     */
054    public ConversionException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
055
056        super(message);
057        this.cause = cause;
058
059    }
060
061
062    /**
063     * Construct a new exception with the specified root cause.
064     *
065     * @param cause The root cause of this exception
066     */
067    public ConversionException(final Throwable cause) {
068
069        super(cause.getMessage());
070        this.cause = cause;
071
072    }
073
074
075    // ------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
076
077
078    /**
079     * The root cause of this <code>ConversionException</code>, compatible with
080     * JDK 1.4's extensions to <code>java.lang.Throwable</code>.
081     */
082    protected Throwable cause = null;
083
084    /**
085     * Return the root cause of this conversion exception.
086     * @return the root cause of this conversion exception
087     */
088    @Override
089    public Throwable getCause() {
090        return (this.cause);
091    }
092
093
094}