package com.sleepycat.util;
import de.ovgu.cide.jakutil.*;
/**
* Interface implemented by exceptions that can contain nested exceptions.
* @author Mark Hayes
*/
public interface ExceptionWrapper {
/**
* Returns the nested exception or null if none is present.
* @return the nested exception or null if none is present.
* @deprecated replaced by {@link #getCause}.
*/
Throwable getDetail();
/**
* Returns the nested exception or null if none is present.
* <p>This method is intentionally defined to be the same signature as the
* <code>java.lang.Throwable.getCause</code> method in Java 1.4 and
* greater. By defining this method to return a nested exception, the Java
* 1.4 runtime will print the nested stack trace.</p>
* @return the nested exception or null if none is present.
*/
Throwable getCause();
}