Merge pull request stleary#159 from johnjaylward/FixExceptionInheritance

stleary · stleary · commit b0a9507add88 · 2015-10-18T11:02:11.000-05:00
Properly overrides the Exception class.
diff --git a/JSONException.java b/JSONException.java
@@ -4,40 +4,42 @@
  * The JSONException is thrown by the JSON.org classes when things are amiss.
  *
  * @author JSON.org
- * @version 2014-05-03
+ * @version 2015-10-14
  */
 public class JSONException extends RuntimeException {
+    /** Serialization ID */
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
-    private Throwable cause;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a JSONException with an explanatory message.
      *
      * @param message
      *            Detail about the reason for the exception.
      */
-    public JSONException(String message) {
-        super(message);
+    public JSONException(final String message) {
+	super(message);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Constructs a new JSONException with the specified cause.
-     * @param cause The cause.
+     * Constructs a JSONException with an explanatory message and cause.
+     * 
+     * @param message
+     *            Detail about the reason for the exception.
+     * @param cause
+     *            The cause.
      */
-    public JSONException(Throwable cause) {
-        super(cause.getMessage());
-        this.cause = cause;
+    public JSONException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+	super(message, cause);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the cause of this exception or null if the cause is nonexistent
-     * or unknown.
-     *
-     * @return the cause of this exception or null if the cause is nonexistent
-     *          or unknown.
+     * Constructs a new JSONException with the specified cause.
+     * 
+     * @param cause
+     *            The cause.
      */
-    @Override
-    public Throwable getCause() {
-        return this.cause;
+    public JSONException(final Throwable cause) {
+	super(cause.getMessage(), cause);
     }
+
 }
