/*
 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */ 

package org.apache.commons.logging;


/**
 * <p>An exception that is thrown only if a suitable <code>LogFactory</code>
 * or <code>Log</code> instance cannot be created by the corresponding
 * factory methods.</p>
 *
 * @author Craig R. McClanahan
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2004/02/28 21:46:45 $
 */

public class LogConfigurationException extends RuntimeException {


    /**
     * Construct a new exception with <code>null</code> as its detail message.
     */
    public LogConfigurationException() {

        super();

    }


    /**
     * Construct a new exception with the specified detail message.
     *
     * @param message The detail message
     */
    public LogConfigurationException(String message) {

        super(message);

    }


    /**
     * Construct a new exception with the specified cause and a derived
     * detail message.
     *
     * @param cause The underlying cause
     */
    public LogConfigurationException(Throwable cause) {

        this((cause == null) ? null : cause.toString(), cause);

    }


    /**
     * Construct a new exception with the specified detail message and cause.
     *
     * @param message The detail message
     * @param cause The underlying cause
     */
    public LogConfigurationException(String message, Throwable cause) {

        super(message + " (Caused by " + cause + ")");
        this.cause = cause; // Two-argument version requires JDK 1.4 or later

    }


    /**
     * The underlying cause of this exception.
     */
    protected Throwable cause = null;


    /**
     * Return the underlying cause of this exception (if any).
     */
    public Throwable getCause() {

        return (this.cause);

    }


}