bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/resource/DeviceResourceException.java

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package org.eclipse.jface.resource;


/**
 * @since 3.1
 */
public class DeviceResourceException extends Exception {
    
	private Throwable cause;

	/**
	 * All serializable objects should have a stable serialVersionUID
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 11454598756198L;
    
	/**
	 * Creates a DeviceResourceException indicating an error attempting to
	 * create a resource and an embedded low-level exception describing the cause 
	 * 
	 * @param missingResource
     * @param cause cause of the exception (or null if none)
	 */
    public DeviceResourceException(DeviceResourceDescriptor missingResource, Throwable cause) {
        super("Unable to create resource " + missingResource.toString()); //$NON-NLS-1$
        // don't pass the cause to super, to allow compilation against JCL Foundation (bug 80059)
        this.cause = cause;
    }
    
    /**
     * Creates a DeviceResourceException indicating an error attempting to
     * create a resource 
     * 
     * @param missingResource
     */
    public DeviceResourceException(DeviceResourceDescriptor missingResource) {
        this(missingResource, null);
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the cause of this throwable or <code>null</code> if the
     * cause is nonexistent or unknown. 
     * 
     * @return the cause or <code>null</code>
     * @since 3.1
     */
    public Throwable getCause() {
        return cause;
    }
    
}