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package javax.management;

/**
 * Represents an arbitrary exception thrown by a management
 * bean.  When a management bean executes code that causes
 * an exception to be thrown, the resulting exception is
 * wrapped inside an {@link MBeanException}.  Calling
 * {@link getTargetException()} will return the wrapped
 * exception.
 *
 * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
 * @since 1.5
 */
public class MBeanException
  extends JMException
{

  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.5
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 4066342430588744142L;

  /* Sun re-implemented causality -- don't know why, but
     serialization demands we do too... */

  /**
   * The target exception.
   *
   * @serial the target exception.
   */
  private Exception exception;

  /**
   * Constructs a new <code>MBeanException</code> wrapping
   * the specified exception.
   *
   * @param e the exception to be wrapped.
   */
  public MBeanException(Exception e)
  {
    super();
    exception = e;
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a new <code>MBeanException</code> wrapping
   * the specified exception and using the supplied message.
   *
   * @param e the exception to be wrapped.
   * @param message the error message to give to the user.
   */
  public MBeanException(Exception e, String message)
  {
    super(message);
    exception = e;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the true cause of this exception, the wrapped
   * exception.
   *
   * @return the wrapped exception.
   */
  public Throwable getCause()
  {
    return exception;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the true cause of this exception, the wrapped
   * exception.
   *
   * @return the wrapped exception.
   */
  public Exception getTargetException()
  {
    return exception;
  }

}