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package javax.mail;

import java.lang.*;

/**
 * The base class for all exceptions thrown by the Messaging classes
 *
 * @author John Mani
 * @author Bill Shannon
 */

public class MessagingException extends Exception {

    /**
     * The next exception in the chain.
     *
     * @serial
     */
    private Exception next;

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7569192289819959253L;

    /**
     * Constructs a MessagingException with no detail message.
     */
    public MessagingException() {
	super();
	initCause(null);	// prevent anyone else from setting it
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a MessagingException with the specified detail message.
     *
     * @param s		the detail message
     */
    public MessagingException(String s) {
	super(s);
	initCause(null);	// prevent anyone else from setting it
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a MessagingException with the specified 
     * Exception and detail message. The specified exception is chained
     * to this exception.
     *
     * @param s		the detail message
     * @param e		the embedded exception
     * @see	#getNextException
     * @see	#setNextException
     * @see	#getCause
     */
    public MessagingException(String s, Exception e) {
	super(s);
	next = e;
	initCause(null);	// prevent anyone else from setting it
    }

    /**
     * Get the next exception chained to this one. If the
     * next exception is a MessagingException, the chain
     * may extend further.
     *
     * @return	next Exception, null if none.
     */
    public synchronized Exception getNextException() {
	return next;
    }

    /**
     * Overrides the getCause method of Throwable
     * to return the next exception in the chain of nested exceptions.
     *
     * @return	next Exception, null if none.
     */
    public synchronized Throwable getCause() {
	return next;
    }

    /**
     * Add an exception to the end of the chain. If the end
     * is not a MessagingException, this 
     * exception cannot be added to the end.
     *
     * @param	ex	the new end of the Exception chain
     * @return		true if this Exception
     *			was added, false otherwise.
     */
    public synchronized boolean setNextException(Exception ex) {
	Exception theEnd = this;
	while (theEnd instanceof MessagingException &&
	       ((MessagingException)theEnd).next != null) {
	    theEnd = ((MessagingException)theEnd).next;
	}
	// If the end is a MessagingException, we can add this 
	// exception to the chain.
	if (theEnd instanceof MessagingException) {
	    ((MessagingException)theEnd).next = ex;
	    return true;
	} else
	    return false;
    }

    /**
     * Override toString method to provide information on
     * nested exceptions.
     */
    public synchronized String toString() {
	String s = super.toString();
	Exception n = next;
	if (n == null)
	    return s;
	StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(s == null ? "" : s);
	while (n != null) {
	    sb.append(";\n  nested exception is:\n\t");
	    if (n instanceof MessagingException) {
		MessagingException mex = (MessagingException)n;
		sb.append(mex.superToString());
		n = mex.next;
	    } else {
		sb.append(n.toString());
		n = null;
	    }
	}
	return sb.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Return the "toString" information for this exception,
     * without any information on nested exceptions.
     */
    private final String superToString() {
	return super.toString();
    }
}