src/share/classes/java/lang/AssertionError.java

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       * Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
       * from the specified object, which is converted to a string as
       * defined in <i>The Java Language Specification, Second
       * Edition</i>, Section 15.18.1.1.
       *<p>
!      * If the specified object is an instance of <tt>Throwable</tt>, it
       * becomes the <i>cause</i> of the newly constructed assertion error.
       *
       * @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
       * @see   Throwable#getCause()
       */
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       * Constructs an AssertionError with its detail message derived
       * from the specified object, which is converted to a string as
       * defined in <i>The Java Language Specification, Second
       * Edition</i>, Section 15.18.1.1.
       *<p>
!      * If the specified object is an instance of {@code Throwable}, it
       * becomes the <i>cause</i> of the newly constructed assertion error.
       *
       * @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
       * @see   Throwable#getCause()
       */
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       * @param detailMessage value to be used in constructing detail message
       */
      public AssertionError(double detailMessage) {
          this("" +  detailMessage);
      }
+ 
+     /**
+      * Constructs a new {@code AssertionError} with the specified
+      * detail message and cause.
+      *
+      * <p>Note that the detail message associated with
+      * {@code cause} is <i>not</i> automatically incorporated in
+      * this error's detail message.
+      *
+      * @param  message the detail message, may be {@code null}
+      * @param  cause the cause, may be {@code null}
+      *
+      * @since 1.7
+      */
+     public AssertionError(String message, Throwable cause) {
+         super(message, cause);
+     }
  }