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55: package org.jicarilla.lang;
56:
57: /**
58: * <p>Interface which all cascading throwables should implement. Allows
59: * recording of nested exceptions in a pre-jdk-1.4 environment.</p>
60: *
61: * <p>This class originally came from the Apache Avalon server framework at <a
62: * href="http://avalon.apache.org/">http://avalon.apache.org/</a>. It has been
63: * included here so that a dependency on avalon-framework.jar is not neccessary
64: * in Jicarilla's core.</p>
65: *
66: * @author <a href="mailto:dev@avalon.apache.org">Avalon Development Team</a>
67: * @version $Id: CascadingThrowable.java,v 1.3 2003/12/16 21:20:05 lsimons Exp
68: * $
69: */
70: public interface CascadingThrowable {
71: /**
72: * Returns the root cause of this <code>Throwable</code>.
73: *
74: * @return a <code>Throwable</code>, or null if there is no root cause.
75: */
76: Throwable getCause();
77: }
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