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  package java.lang;
  
  /**
   * Signals that an unexpected exception has occurred in a static initializer.
   * An <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> is thrown to indicate that an
   * exception occurred during evaluation of a static initializer or the
   * initializer for a static variable.
   *
   * <p>As of release 1.4, this exception has been retrofitted to conform to
   * the general purpose exception-chaining mechanism.  The "saved throwable
   * object" that may be provided at construction time and accessed via
   * the {@link #getException()} method is now known as the <i>cause</i>,
   * and may be accessed via the {@link Throwable#getCause()} method, as well
   * as the aforementioned "legacy method."
   *
   * @author  Frank Yellin
   * @since   JDK1.1
   */
  public class ExceptionInInitializerError extends LinkageError {
      /**
       * Use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.1.X for interoperability
       */
      private static final long serialVersionUID = 1521711792217232256L;
  
      /**
       * This field holds the exception if the
       * ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) constructor was
       * used to instantiate the object
       *
       * @serial
       *
       */
      private Throwable exception;
  
      /**
       * Constructs an <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> with
       * <code>null</code> as its detail message string and with no saved
       * throwable object.
       * A detail message is a String that describes this particular exception.
       */
      public ExceptionInInitializerError() {
          initCause(null);  // Disallow subsequent initCause
      }
  
      /**
       * Constructs a new <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> class by
       * saving a reference to the <code>Throwable</code> object thrown for
       * later retrieval by the {@link #getException()} method. The detail
       * message string is set to <code>null</code>.
       *
       * @param thrown The exception thrown
       */
      public ExceptionInInitializerError(Throwable thrown) {
          initCause(null);  // Disallow subsequent initCause
          this.exception = thrown;
      }
  
      /**
       * Constructs an ExceptionInInitializerError with the specified detail
       * message string.  A detail message is a String that describes this
       * particular exception. The detail message string is saved for later
       * retrieval by the {@link Throwable#getMessage()} method. There is no
       * saved throwable object.
       *
       *
       * @param s the detail message
       */
      public ExceptionInInitializerError(String s) {
          super(s);
          initCause(null);  // Disallow subsequent initCause
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns the exception that occurred during a static initialization that
       * caused this error to be created.
       *
       * <p>This method predates the general-purpose exception chaining facility.
       * The {@link Throwable#getCause()} method is now the preferred means of
       * obtaining this information.
       *
       * @return the saved throwable object of this
       *         <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code>, or <code>null</code>
       *         if this <code>ExceptionInInitializerError</code> has no saved
       *         throwable object.
       */
      public Throwable getException() {
          return exception;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns the cause of this error (the exception that occurred
       * during a static initialization that caused this error to be created).
       *
       * @return  the cause of this error or <code>null</code> if the
       *          cause is nonexistent or unknown.
       * @since   1.4
       */
      public Throwable getCause() {
          return exception;
      }
  }
  