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package java.lang;
/**
* {@code RuntimeException} is the superclass of those
* exceptions that can be thrown during the normal operation of the
* Java Virtual Machine.
*
* <p>{@code RuntimeException} and its subclasses are <em>unchecked
* exceptions</em>. Unchecked exceptions do <em>not</em> need to be
* declared in a method or constructor's {@code throws} clause if they
* can be thrown by the execution of the method or constructor and
* propagate outside the method or constructor boundary.
*
* @author Frank Yellin
* @jls 11.2 Compile-Time Checking of Exceptions
* @since JDK1.0
*/
public class RuntimeException extends Exception {
static final long serialVersionUID = -7034897190745766939L;
/** Constructs a new runtime 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 RuntimeException() {
super();
}
/** Constructs a new runtime 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 RuntimeException(String message) {
super(message);
}
/**
* Constructs a new runtime exception 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 runtime 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 <tt>null</tt> value is
* permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
* unknown.)
* @since 1.4
*/
public RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause) {
super(message, cause);
}
/** Constructs a new runtime exception 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>). This constructor is useful for runtime exceptions
* 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
* permitted, and indicates that the cause is nonexistent or
* unknown.)
* @since 1.4
*/
public RuntimeException(Throwable cause) {
super(cause);
}
/**
* Constructs a new runtime exception 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 RuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause,
boolean enableSuppression,
boolean writableStackTrace) {
super(message, cause, enableSuppression, writableStackTrace);
}
}