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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package java.lang;
+
+/**
+ * Common superclass of exceptions thrown by reflective operations in
+ * core reflection.
+ *
+ * @see LinkageError
+ * @since 1.7
+ */
+public class ReflectiveOperationException extends Exception {
+    static final long serialVersionUID = 123456789L;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with {@code null} as its detail
+     * message.  The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be
+     * initialized by a call to {@link #initCause}.
+     */
+    public ReflectiveOperationException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message.
+     * The cause is not initialized, and may subsequently be
+     * initialized by a call to {@link #initCause}.
+     *
+     * @param   message   the detail message. The detail message is saved for
+     *          later retrieval by the {@link #getMessage()} method.
+     */
+    public ReflectiveOperationException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified detail message
+     * and cause.
+     *
+     * <p>Note that the detail message associated with
+     * {@code cause} is <em>not</em> automatically incorporated in
+     * this exception's detail message.
+     *
+     * @param  message the detail message (which is saved for later retrieval
+     *         by the {@link #getMessage()} method).
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
+     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
+     *         unknown.)
+     */
+    public ReflectiveOperationException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new exception with the specified cause and a detail
+     * message of {@code (cause==null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
+     * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
+     *
+     * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
+     *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
+     *         unknown.)
+     */
+    public ReflectiveOperationException(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+}