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/* * %W% %E% * * Copyright (c) 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * ORACLE PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms. */ package java.lang; /** * <code>RuntimeException</code> is the superclass of those * exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the * Java Virtual Machine. * <p> * A method is not required to declare in its <code>throws</code> * clause any subclasses of <code>RuntimeException</code> that might * be thrown during the execution of the method but not caught. * * * @author Frank Yellin * @version %I%, %G% * @since JDK1.0 */ public class RuntimeException extends Exception { static final long serialVersionUID = -7034897190745766939L; /** Constructs a new runtime exception with <code>null</code> as its * detail message. The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be * initialized by a call to {@link #initCause}. */ public RuntimeException() { super(); } /** Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message. * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be initialized by a * call to {@link #initCause}. * * @param message the detail message. The detail message is saved for * later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method. */ public RuntimeException(String message) { super(message); } /** * Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified detail message and * cause. <p>Note that the detail message associated with * <code>cause</code> is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in * this runtime exception's detail message. * * @param message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval * by the {@link #getMessage()} method). * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the * {@link #getCause()} method). (A <tt>null</tt> value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 */ public RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause) { super(message, cause); } /** Constructs a new runtime exception with the specified cause and a * detail message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> * (which typically contains the class and detail message of * <tt>cause</tt>). This constructor is useful for runtime exceptions * that are little more than wrappers for other throwables. * * @param cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the * {@link #getCause()} method). (A <tt>null</tt> value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 */ public RuntimeException(Throwable cause) { super(cause); } }