src/share/classes/java/lang/Error.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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.  Oracle designates this

@@ -77,31 +77,52 @@
      * this error'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 <tt>null</tt> value is
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
      *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
      *         unknown.)
      * @since  1.4
      */
     public Error(String message, Throwable cause) {
         super(message, cause);
     }
 
     /**
      * Constructs a new error with the specified cause and a detail
-     * message of <tt>(cause==null ? null : cause.toString())</tt> (which
-     * typically contains the class and detail message of <tt>cause</tt>).
+     * message of {@code (cause==null ? null : cause.toString())} (which
+     * typically contains the class and detail message of {@code cause}).
      * This constructor is useful for errors that are little more than
      * wrappers for other throwables.
      *
      * @param  cause the cause (which is saved for later retrieval by the
-     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A <tt>null</tt> value is
+     *         {@link #getCause()} method).  (A {@code null} value is
      *         permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
      *         unknown.)
      * @since  1.4
      */
     public Error(Throwable cause) {
         super(cause);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new error with the specified detail message,
+     * cause, suppression enabled or disabled, and writable stack
+     * trace enabled or disabled.
+     *
+     * @param  message the detail message.
+     * @param cause the cause.  (A {@code null} value is permitted,
+     * and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or unknown.)
+     * @param enableSuppression whether or not suppression is enabled
+     *                          or disabled
+     * @param writableStackTrace whether or not the stack trace should
+     *                           be writable
+     *
+     * @since 1.7
+     */
+    protected Error(String message, Throwable cause,
+                    boolean enableSuppression,
+                    boolean writableStackTrace) {
+        super(message, cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace);
+    }
 }