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 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
 * 
 * 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
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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package com.google.gwt.core.client.impl;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * The emulated Throwable class does not serialize Throwables recursively and
 * does not serialize the stack trace.  This class is an alternative, and
 * can be used by writing a custom serializer for the class which contains a
 * Throwable. See {@link LogRecord_CustomFieldSerializer} as an example.
 *
 */
public class SerializableThrowable implements Serializable {
  private SerializableThrowable cause = null;
  private String message = null;
  private StackTraceElement[] stackTrace = null;
  
  /**
   * Create a new SerializableThrowable from a Throwable.
   */
  public SerializableThrowable(Throwable t) {
    message = t.getMessage();
    if (t.getCause() != null && t.getCause() != t) {
      cause = new SerializableThrowable(t.getCause());
    }
    stackTrace = t.getStackTrace();
  }
  
  protected SerializableThrowable() {
    // for serialization
  }
  
  public SerializableThrowable getCause() {
    return cause;
  }
  
  public String getMessage() {
    return message;
  }
  
  public StackTraceElement[] getStackTrace() {
    return stackTrace;
  }

  /**
   * Create a new Throwable from this SerializableThrowable.
   */
  public Throwable getThrowable() {
    Throwable t;
    if (cause != null) {
      t = new Throwable(message, cause.getThrowable());
    } else {
      t = new Throwable(message);
    }
    t.setStackTrace(stackTrace);
    return t;
  }
  
  public void setCause(SerializableThrowable c) {
    cause = c;
  }
  
  public void setMessage(String msg) {
    message = msg;
  }
  
  public void setStackTrace(StackTraceElement[] st) {
    stackTrace = st;
  }
}