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010 *
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016 */
017 package org.apache.commons.lang;
018
019 import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.NestableRuntimeException;
020
021 /**
022 * <p>Thrown when it is impossible or undesirable to consume or throw a checked exception.</p>
023 * This exception supplements the standard exception classes by providing a more
024 * semantically rich description of the problem.</p>
025 *
026 * <p><code>UnhandledException</code> represents the case where a method has to deal
027 * with a checked exception but does not wish to.
028 * Instead, the checked exception is rethrown in this unchecked wrapper.</p>
029 *
030 * <pre>
031 * public void foo() {
032 * try {
033 * // do something that throws IOException
034 * } catch (IOException ex) {
035 * // don't want to or can't throw IOException from foo()
036 * throw new UnhandledException(ex);
037 * }
038 * }
039 * </pre>
040 *
041 * @author Matthew Hawthorne
042 * @since 2.0
043 * @version $Id: UnhandledException.java 437554 2006-08-28 06:21:41Z bayard $
044 */
045 public class UnhandledException extends NestableRuntimeException {
046
047 /**
048 * Required for serialization support.
049 *
050 * @see java.io.Serializable
051 */
052 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1832101364842773720L;
053
054 /**
055 * Constructs the exception using a cause.
056 *
057 * @param cause the underlying cause
058 */
059 public UnhandledException(Throwable cause) {
060 super(cause);
061 }
062
063 /**
064 * Constructs the exception using a message and cause.
065 *
066 * @param message the message to use
067 * @param cause the underlying cause
068 */
069 public UnhandledException(String message, Throwable cause) {
070 super(message, cause);
071 }
072
073 }