--- old/src/share/classes/java/lang/Error.java 2011-04-21 15:55:07.000000000 -0700 +++ new/src/share/classes/java/lang/Error.java 2011-04-21 15:55:07.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * 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 @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ * @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 null value is + * {@link #getCause()} method). (A {@code null} value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 @@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ /** * Constructs a new error with the specified cause and a detail - * message of (cause==null ? null : cause.toString()) (which - * typically contains the class and detail message of cause). + * 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 null value is + * {@link #getCause()} method). (A {@code null} value is * permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or * unknown.) * @since 1.4 @@ -104,4 +104,25 @@ 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); + } }