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package it.jnrpe.plugins;

import it.jnrpe.Status;

/**
 * This is the exception that must be thrown if an error occurs gathering
 * metrics.
 *
 * @author Massimiliano Ziccardi
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.0 $
 */
public class MetricGatheringException extends Exception {

    /**
     *
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8799905566378155453L;

    /**
     * The status to return to Nagios.
     */
    private final Status returnStatus;

    /**
     * Builds and initializes the exception.
     *
     * @param message
     *            The message to return to Nagios.
     * @param status
     *            The status to return to Nagios.
     * @param cause
     *            The original cause of the error.
     */
    public MetricGatheringException(final String message, final Status status, final Throwable cause) {
        super(message, cause);
        returnStatus = status;
    }

    /**
    
     * @return The status to be returned to Nagios. */
    public final Status getStatus() {
        return returnStatus;
    }

}