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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 * @author Craig McClanahan
027 * @author Paulo Gaspar
028 * @since 1.3
029 */
030
031public class ConversionException extends RuntimeException {
032
033
034    // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
035
036
037    /**
038     * Construct a new exception with the specified message.
039     *
040     * @param message The message describing this exception
041     */
042    public ConversionException(String message) {
043
044        super(message);
045
046    }
047
048
049    /**
050     * Construct a new exception with the specified message and root cause.
051     *
052     * @param message The message describing this exception
053     * @param cause The root cause of this exception
054     */
055    public ConversionException(String message, Throwable cause) {
056
057        super(message);
058        this.cause = cause;
059
060    }
061
062
063    /**
064     * Construct a new exception with the specified root cause.
065     *
066     * @param cause The root cause of this exception
067     */
068    public ConversionException(Throwable cause) {
069
070        super(cause.getMessage());
071        this.cause = cause;
072
073    }
074
075
076    // ------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
077
078
079    /**
080     * The root cause of this <code>ConversionException</code>, compatible with
081     * JDK 1.4's extensions to <code>java.lang.Throwable</code>.
082     */
083    protected Throwable cause = null;
084
085    /**
086     * Return the root cause of this conversion exception.
087     * @return the root cause of this conversion exception
088     */
089    public Throwable getCause() {
090        return (this.cause);
091    }
092
093
094}