bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench/Eclipse UI/org/eclipse/ui/commands/CommandException.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.commands;

/**
 * Signals that an exception occurred within the command architecture.
 * <p>
 * This class is not intended to be extended by clients.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 * @deprecated Please use the "org.eclipse.core.commands" plug-in instead.
 * @see org.eclipse.core.commands.common.CommandException
 * @noextend This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.
 */
public abstract class CommandException extends Exception {

	/**
	 * Generated serial version UID for this class.
	 * 
	 * @since 3.4
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID= 1776879459633730964L;
	
	
	private Throwable cause;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of this class with the specified detail message.
     * 
     * @param message
     *            the detail message.
     */
    public CommandException(String message) {
        super(message);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new instance of this class with the specified detail message
     * and cause.
     * 
     * @param message
     *            the detail message.
     * @param cause
     *            the cause.
     */
    public CommandException(String message, Throwable cause) {
        super(message);
        // don't pass the cause to super, to allow compilation against JCL Foundation
        this.cause = cause;
    }

    /**
     * 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;
    }
}