/* ServerCloneException.java -- a UnicastRemoteObject could not be cloned
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package java.rmi.server;

/**
 * Thrown if a remote exception occurs during the cloning process of a
 * <code>UnicastRemoteObject</code>.
 *
 * @author unknown
 * @see UnicastRemoteObject#clone()
 * @since 1.1
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class ServerCloneException extends CloneNotSupportedException
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.1+.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 6617456357664815945L;

  /**
   * The cause of this exception. This pre-dates the exception chaining
   * of Throwable; and although you can change this field, you are wiser
   * to leave it alone.
   *
   * @serial the exception cause
   */
  public Exception detail;

  /**
   * Create an exception with a message.
   *
   * @param s the message
   */
  public ServerCloneException(String s)
  {
    this(s, null);
  }

  /**
   * Create an exception with a message and a cause.
   *
   * @param s the message
   * @param e the cause
   */
  public ServerCloneException(String s, Exception e)
  {
    super(s);
    initCause(e);
    detail = e;
  }

  /**
   * This method returns a message indicating what went wrong, in this
   * format:
   * <code>super.getMessage() + (detail == null ? ""
   *    : "; nested exception is:\n\t" + detail)</code>.
   *
   * @return the chained message
   */
  public String getMessage()
  {
    if (detail == this || detail == null)
      return super.getMessage();
    return super.getMessage() + "; nested exception is:\n\t" + detail;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the cause of this exception. Note that this may not be the
   * original cause, thanks to the <code>detail</code> field being public
   * and non-final (yuck). However, to avoid violating the contract of
   * Throwable.getCause(), this returns null if <code>detail == this</code>,
   * as no exception can be its own cause.
   *
   * @return the cause
   * @since 1.4
   */
  public Throwable getCause()
  {
    return detail == this ? null : detail;
  }
}