fatalruntimeexception.java

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package net.sf.irunninglog.util;

/**
 * Application-specific runtime exception used to indicate that an
 * unrecoverable error has occurred.  This should be thrown from any places
 * where an error from which the application cannot recover has been
 * encountered where it does not make sense to throw a non-runtime
 * <code>Exception</code> instance.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Allan Lewis</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2005/06/23 01:49:03 $
 * @since iRunningLog 1.0
 */
public class FatalRuntimeException extends RuntimeException {

    /** Default message to be used as the exception's detail message. */
    private static final String DEFAULT_MESSAGE =
        "An unrecoverable application exception has occurred.";

    /**
     * Create a new exception.  The exception will be created using the
     * default error message for this class.
     */
    public FatalRuntimeException() {
        super(DEFAULT_MESSAGE);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new exception, caused by a specified exception.  The exception
     * will be created using the default error message, and will have the
     * input exception as its cause.
     *
     * @param cause The exception that caused this exception
     */
    public FatalRuntimeException(Throwable cause) {
        super(DEFAULT_MESSAGE, cause);
    }

}